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Protests across Syria against regime

Thousands of protesters have massed across Syria after weekly Muslim prayers as a global outcry widened over a deadly crackdown on month-old anti-regime demonstrations.

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Thousands of protesters have massed across Syria after weekly Muslim prayers as a global outcry widened over a deadly crackdown on month-old anti-regime demonstrations.

The protesters have taken to the streets of the restive city of Daraa as well as other centres in the Kurdish-populated north a day after embattled President Bashar Al-Assad unveiled a new government.

Activists say up to three-thousand protesters marched to Daraa centre and more were on their way to the southern city where security forces shot dead at least seven people a week ago.

Assad's 11-year regime has been rocked by unprecedented protests since March 15 demanding reform and an end to a draconian emergency law.


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