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Archive Home > 2011 > May > 07 > Syrians defy crackdown, stage widespread protests

Syrians defy crackdown, stage widespread protests

By Liz Sly / The Bulletin
May 7, 2011

BEIRUT — Syrian troops used heavy machine guns and artillery to quell anti-government demonstrations in the key city of Homs on Friday in a sharp escalation of their crackdown against regime opponents, as tens of thousands of Syrians again defied the threat of bullets and tanks to take to the....

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