Nine Syrian soldiers were killed in an ambush near the port city of Banias, state TV reported, and witnesses reported four protesters being shot dead in the city by security forces and pro-government gunmen.
The Syrian army sealed off the city where anti-government protesters, undaunted by the regime's use of force to quell more than three weeks of unrest, appeared on the streets.
Details were sketchy as phone lines, internet access and electricity were cut in the area. But one witness, reached by telephone, said hundreds of protesters had gathered near the al-Rahman mosque when security forces and armed men in civilian clothes opened fire on them. The names of the dead were read out on mosque loudspeakers. Tanks and soldiers circled the city, preventing people from entering.
Source: independent.co.uk
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