clip from article: BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian opposition is calling for demonstrations in support of thousands of detainees they say are still in prison, despite a general amnesty declared this week.
President Bashar Assad issued the amnesty on Sunday for "crimes" committed during the 10-month uprising against his rule, but his regime did not say how many prisoners were covered by it.
Assad's government blames the violence in Syria on terrorists and armed gangs that it claims are part of a foreign conspiracy to destabilize the country.
The opposition says there are thousands of Syrian detainees still in prisons and other detention centers.
Friday's protests were called in the name of "the detainees of the revolution." The opposition called for their immediate release.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government tanks and armored vehicles have pulled back from an embattled mountain town near Damascus, activists and witnesses said Thursday, but at least 16 people were killed by security forces elsewhere as a monthlong Arab League fact-finding mission expired.
The pullback from Zabadani left the town under the control of the opposition, activists said. The besieged town of Zabadani has witnessed heavy exchanges of fire between army troops and anti-government military defectors over the past six days. [ read more at link]
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