- BEIRUT: A Syrian rights activist says soldiers and tanks are moving into more volatile areas across the country as the regime tries to crush an uprising that exploded nearly two months ago.
Mustafa Osso said on Thursday that troops backed by tanks have deployed around the central city of Hama, known for a bloody 1982 revolt crushed by the regime.
Other activists say security forces used clubs to disperse about 2,000 demonstrators late Wednesday at the university campus in Aleppo, Syria’s largest city.
The moves come ahead of another day of expected protests throughout Syria on Friday.
More than 750 people have been killed and thousands detained since the uprising against President Bashar Assad’s regime began in mid-March.