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| Homs, Syria |
Protest in the Syrian stronghold of Homs have on Tuesday, according to the opposition gathered tens of thousands of people to a protest march against the regime of President Bashar al Assad. The Syrian Human Rights Monitoring Group spoke of 70,000 participants.
In the embattled stronghold protest for weeks on Tuesday arrived Homs were observers of the Arab League. A Sudanese delegation headed by General Mustafa al-Dabi in the morning reached the third largest city in the country. A few hours earlier had been killed in fierce fighting at least six people. The Army put the fire information but later after opposition to the arrival of the mission.
Eleven tanks were removed from the turmoil District Baba Amro, said the London-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. The area had been under constant fire since Monday, it said. Altogether it will be 60 people were killed. Welcome to the observer thousands of people flocked from their homes, gathered in the center of the city and demanded the overthrow of the regime of President Bashar al Assad.
The twelve-member delegation arrived first with the governor of the city, Ghassan Abdelal together, how the state television reported. After attending the most competitive parts of the city wanted the group to travel to Hama and Idlib, where there is also always be disputes. When the observers leave Homs, was unclear. In Idlib near the border with Turkey, there has been in the past week, violent clashes between the Syrian army and deserters. According to information provided by activists from the region about 250 people were killed.
Because of the stifling of the media reports from Syria to verify independently is difficult. Under an agreement between the Arab League and the Assad regime to monitor 150 other Arab diplomats and experts for the withdrawal of Syrian army from the cities and the release of political prisoners. In addition, a dialogue between government and opposition is foreseen. Human rights groups and journalists should also be readmitted to Syria. The aim of the initiative is to end the ongoing bloodshed since March.
50 members of the mission had arrived in Damascus on Monday. By the end of the month should be all observers in Syria. According to UN estimates, since the beginning of the uprising against President Assad more than 5,000 people have died. A new escalation of the conflict reached on Friday: With two simultaneous suicide attacks on security forces building in Damascus, according to official figures, 44 people were killed.
