Syria | Mass anti-Assad protest in Homs as monitors... | Stuff.co.nz
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Tens of thousands of Syrians in Homs have rallied against President Bashar al-Assad, emboldened by Arab peace monitors' first tour of the flashpoint city, after the army withdrew some tanks following battles that killed 34 people in 24 hours.
"There are at least 70,000 protesters. They are marching towards the city centre and the security forces are trying to stop them. They are firing teargas," Rami Abdelrahman of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters.
The observers want to determine if Assad is keeping his promise to implement a peace plan to end his uncompromising military crackdown on nine months of popular revolt that has generated an armed uprising, edging Syria towards civil war.
Some protesters shouted "we want international protection" in a video posted on YouTube apparently showing a street encounter with the Arab League observers in which some residents argued and pleaded with them to venture further into the Baba Amr quarter, where clashes have been especially fierce.
Bursts of gunfire erupted towards the end of a video, after a resident yelled at one monitor to repeat what he had just told his headquarters.
"You were telling the head of the mission that you cannot cross to the second street because of the gunfire. Why don't you say it to us?" the man shouted, grabbing the unidentified monitor by his jacket .[ read more at link- watch video]
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