Sunday, March 27, 2011

Syria Live Blog - March 27


By Al Jazeera Staff inon March 27th, 2011.
Video image shows crowds of mourners carrying coffin during funerals of protesters killed in earlier clashes in Daraa [Reuters]
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As the situation in Syria escalates, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe.  
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Blog: Mar 25 - Mar 26

(All times are local in Syria GMT+2)
  • 6:04pm
    Thousands of Syrians protest outside their embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

    The Lebanese army and police reinforced security measures around the embassy. The protesters waved Syrian flags as well as posters of Assad, and chanted slogans in his favour.
  • 4:08pm
    Al Jazeera's Cal Perry speaks with Bouthaina Shaaban, the senior adviser to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

     
  • 3.48pm
    Reuters - Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, deploys the army to the northwest port of Latakia.
  • 3:09pm
    Reuters - Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, says the United States would not now get involved in Syria in the same way as it has in Libya.


    She told US media that "each case is unique".
  • 2:04pm
    Reem Haddad, a spokeswoman for the Syrian Information Ministry, spoke to Al Jazeera's Folly Bah Thibault, and confirmed that the government is to revoke the emergency law:

  • 2:00pm
    A Syrian official source said on Sunday that 12 people were killed in clashes in the port city of Latakia over the last two days.
    "An official source said attacks by armed elements on the families and districts of Latakia over the last two days resulted in the martyrdom of 10 security forces and civilians and the killing of two of the armed elements," the official news agency SANA said.
    The source added that 200 people, most of whom were from the security forces, were wounded in the clashes.
      
    Rights activists said on Saturday at least six people had been killed in Latakia over two days.
  • 1:55pm
    Syria's army has beefed up its presence in the southern city of Daraa, a focal point of bloody protests across the country, and soldiers took to the streets in a northern port where tensions are rising, residents said on Sunday.

    The protests, which started in Daraa eight days ago, pose the most serious challenge to the 48-year rule of the Baath Party, and its leader, President Bashar al-Assad.
  • 1:00pm
    The Syrian government has confirmed to Al Jazeera that the country's emergency law is to be lifted.
  • 12:53pm
    Syrian authorities have released Diana Jawabra, a Daraa activist, whose arrest this month helped fuel mass protests in her home city of Deraa against Baath party rule.

    One of Jawabra's lawyers told the Reuters news agency that Jawabra was among 16 people released on Sunday.

    They took part in a silent demonstration this month demanding the release of political prisoners and of 15 children arrested in Daraa for writing freedom slogans on school walls.
  • 12:20pm
    We are hearing reports that the emergency laws in Syria are to be lifted.
  • 12:18pm
    Al Jazeera's Rula Amin said tensions remain high in Syria, as the people of Sanamin buried their dead.
    "People in Sanamin want to see the people who killed their sons held accountable," she said.

  • 11:40am
    Al Jazeera obtains exclusive footage of funerals being held for those killed in pro-reform protests in the town of Sanamin: 
  • 10:44am
    Activists and eyewitnesses say Syrian army units have deployed in key areas of Latakia, a seaside Mediterranean city rocked by protests and unrest.

    They said that troops in army vehicles entered the city at night following a day of violence and chaos in which protesters and the government accused each other of violence and incitement. 

    They spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.

    The government on Saturday accused armed groups of attacking people in the religiously mixed resort city, adding at least two people were killed by rooftop snipers.
  • 7:01am
    Al Jazeera's Cal Perry is among the pro-goverment protesters in Damascus and sent us this report:

  • 6:58am
    The situation remains tense in Syria, where at least three people were reportedly killed by security forces in the city of Latakia.

    Tens of thousands of Syrians were out on the streets of Damascus in a show of support for President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday.

    Protesters are calling for reform. However, an adviser to the president said the protests are a plan to cause sectarian divisions.

    Below you can watch our report on this.

    Please be aware that there are images that may disturb or offend you. 

  • 5:58am
    Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera's continuing coverage of the growing unrest in Syria.
    You can read our earlier live blog here.

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