22 killed in Syria as pressure mounts on Assad
- Published: 17/09/2011 at 02:32 AM
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Security forces in Syria shot dead at least 22 people in operations across the country on Friday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as pressure mounted on the regime to end the crackdown.
An image grab from footage uploaded on YouTube shows what activists said was a protest against President Bashar al-Assad in the Damascus suburb of Douma.
The latest deaths came after UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for "coherent" global action over President Bashar al-Assad's deadly response to dissent, as dissidents marked six months of anti-regime protests in Syria.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
- Position: Agence France-Presse
