- AMMAN : President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces shot dead on Friday at least 13 anti-Assad protesters whose numbers were swelled by the killing of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, activists and residents said.
Most of the killings were in the central city of Homs and in Hama to the north, scene of some of the largest military operations in a crackdown on the seven month uprising, where a nascent insurgent movement has also emerged, they said.
“Qaddafi is finished. It is your turn now Bashar!” shouted demonstrators in the town of Maaret Al-Numaan in the northwestern province of Idlib, according to one witness.
