Syrian bloodshed continues; Canada declares evacuation from Syria - Taiwan News Online
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Syrian army defectors killed 27 members of President Bashar al-Assad’s security forces in an attack Thursday, the Syria">Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The attack in the southern governorate of Daraa, where the nine-month uprising against Assad began, came after eight Syria">Syrian soldiers died in an ambush by deserters near Hama.
Syria">Syria’s repression of protests has led to defections from the army and an escalation of clashes in which both sides are armed.
“The statements of soldiers and officers who defected from the Syria">Syrian military and intelligence agencies leave no doubt that the abuses were committed in pursuance of state policy and that they were directly ordered, authorized or condoned at the highest levels of Syria">Syrian military and civilian leadership,” New York-based Human Rights Watch said in a report published Thursday. [ read more at link ]
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