Clashes erupt at protests in #Syria

Government supporters also rallied in Damascus after police broke up an anti-government protest  [AFP]

Protests have erupted in at least three towns across Syria in the most serious case of unrest in decades for a country that has been ruled with strict emergency laws for almost half a century.
Witnesses reported that at least three people had been killed by security forces in the southern city of Deraa on Friday, where anti-government demonstrators had gathered after midday prayers.
The three were reportedly among several thousand people in the city who chanted "God, Syria, Freedom" while accusing president Bashar al-Assad's family of corruption.
Witnesses said security forces were reinforced with troops who landed in the city's football stadium in helicopters.
"The confrontations are ongoing. They are heavy," a witness told the Reuters news agency.
Hundreds of protesters were reported to have been injured.

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