Sunday, July 31, 2011

Syrian forces launch fierce assault on eve of Ramadan; more than 70 dead

BEIRUT ? Syrian security forces backed by tanks and snipers killed more than 70 people in a ferocious assault Sunday as the regime raced to crush dissent ahead of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that could become a turning point in the nearly five-month-old uprising.

The worst carnage was in Hama, the scene of a 1982 massacre by President Bashar Assad?s late father and predecessor and a city with a history of defiance against 40 years of Assad family rule. On Sunday, corpses were scattered in the streets and hospitals were overwhelmed with bloodied casualties, suggesting the death toll could rise sharply, witnesses said.

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