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Syria buries Latakia victims, emergency law to be lifted
Turkish Daily News, Sunday, March 27, 2011
DAMASCUS, Syria – From wire dispatches
Syrian authorities have decided to lift emergency rule, a presidential adviser said on Sunday as residents of the northern city of Latakia buried victims of a wave of unrest that has put President Bashar al-Assad under unprecedented pressure.
Troops have deployed in Latakia, a religiously diverse port city 350 kilometers northwest of Damascus, where at least 12 people have been killed by gunfire involving snipers since Friday. Two of the victims were buried Sunday.
Syria's government said Sunday that unknown gunmen firing from rooftops and prowling the streets of the Mediterranean city of Latakia are to blame for two days of violence.
A week of political unrest in southern Syria expanded on Friday to other parts of the country, including Latakia, a scenic seaside city in the north where the streets echoed with gunfire after around 3,000 protesters held a peaceful rally to demand political freedoms.
The government's tally of the dead was the first official account of the scale of the violence there. The state news agency Sana quoted a government official as saying gunmen fired from rooftops, broke into homes and destroyed public property. Their identities remained a mystery. The dead included security forces and residents of the city alike as well as two members of the shadowy "armed elements," the report said. About 200 people were wounded, most of them government security personnel, it said. "Armed elements roamed the streets, occupied the rooftops of some buildings and opened fire randomly, terrorizing people," SANA said, quoting the unidentified official. That matched witness accounts, but left open the question of who was behind the shooting.
As Syria's political unrest spread to Latakia it seemed to be taking on a sectarian element, even though the crowds of anti-government protesters appeared mixed on Friday. But there was talk there of possible attempts to divide those residents who are members of the president's minority Alevi sect and majority Sunni Muslims.
One witness said groups of people drove around in Alevi dominated villages on the city's outskirts, spreading rumors that the Sunnis were about to attack them. "Then they drove to Sunni areas and told them the opposite," he said. "How can the government not know who these people are? We demand an immediate investigation and trial of those responsible," he said.
The unrest has put enormous pressure on al-Assad, who rose to power after the death of his father Hafez al-Assad. The 45-year-old president is expected to make a public address in the days to come.
The state has announced a string of reforms in a bid to reach out to protesters, including the release of detainees and plans to form new laws on the media and licensing political parties. Syria has also decided to lift the country's emergency law, which was written in December 1962 and has been in place since the Baath party rose to power in March 1963. "The decision to lift the emergency law has already been made. But I do not know about the timeframe," Shaaban said.
Syria's emergency law imposes restrictions on public gatherings and movement and authorizes the arrest of "suspects or persons who threaten security." The law also authorizes interrogation of any individual and the surveillance of personal communication as well as official control of the content of newspapers and other media before publication.
Syria buries Latakia victims, emergency law to be lifted
Turkish Daily News, Sunday, March 27, 2011
DAMASCUS, Syria – From wire dispatches
Syrian authorities have decided to lift emergency rule, a presidential adviser said on Sunday as residents of the northern city of Latakia buried victims of a wave of unrest that has put President Bashar al-Assad under unprecedented pressure.
Troops have deployed in Latakia, a religiously diverse port city 350 kilometers northwest of Damascus, where at least 12 people have been killed by gunfire involving snipers since Friday. Two of the victims were buried Sunday.
Syria's government said Sunday that unknown gunmen firing from rooftops and prowling the streets of the Mediterranean city of Latakia are to blame for two days of violence.
A week of political unrest in southern Syria expanded on Friday to other parts of the country, including Latakia, a scenic seaside city in the north where the streets echoed with gunfire after around 3,000 protesters held a peaceful rally to demand political freedoms.
The government's tally of the dead was the first official account of the scale of the violence there. The state news agency Sana quoted a government official as saying gunmen fired from rooftops, broke into homes and destroyed public property. Their identities remained a mystery. The dead included security forces and residents of the city alike as well as two members of the shadowy "armed elements," the report said. About 200 people were wounded, most of them government security personnel, it said. "Armed elements roamed the streets, occupied the rooftops of some buildings and opened fire randomly, terrorizing people," SANA said, quoting the unidentified official. That matched witness accounts, but left open the question of who was behind the shooting.
As Syria's political unrest spread to Latakia it seemed to be taking on a sectarian element, even though the crowds of anti-government protesters appeared mixed on Friday. But there was talk there of possible attempts to divide those residents who are members of the president's minority Alevi sect and majority Sunni Muslims.
One witness said groups of people drove around in Alevi dominated villages on the city's outskirts, spreading rumors that the Sunnis were about to attack them. "Then they drove to Sunni areas and told them the opposite," he said. "How can the government not know who these people are? We demand an immediate investigation and trial of those responsible," he said.
The unrest has put enormous pressure on al-Assad, who rose to power after the death of his father Hafez al-Assad. The 45-year-old president is expected to make a public address in the days to come.
The state has announced a string of reforms in a bid to reach out to protesters, including the release of detainees and plans to form new laws on the media and licensing political parties. Syria has also decided to lift the country's emergency law, which was written in December 1962 and has been in place since the Baath party rose to power in March 1963. "The decision to lift the emergency law has already been made. But I do not know about the timeframe," Shaaban said.
Syria's emergency law imposes restrictions on public gatherings and movement and authorizes the arrest of "suspects or persons who threaten security." The law also authorizes interrogation of any individual and the surveillance of personal communication as well as official control of the content of newspapers and other media before publication.
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