24.03.2011                      18.Adar ll, 5771

Syrien:

15 killed in 24-hour police assualt on Syrian anti-government protesters

The Daraa protests, inspired by the wave of pro-democracy protests around the region have been met with violent police crackdowns; the total death toll stands at 22.

Syrian police launched a relentless assault Wednesday on a neighborhood sheltering anti-government protesters, fatally shooting at least 15 in an operation that lasted nearly 24 hours, witnesses said.
At least six were killed in a predawn attack on the al-Omari mosque in the southern agricultural city of Daraa, where protesters have taken to the streets in calls for reforms and political freedoms, witnesses said….