One protester was shot dead by army troops as demonstrators attempted to converge in a square in Hama city, activists say. Two others were killed and over a dozen wounded during a rally in the southern town of Nawa.
Meanwhile, the Syrian government has accused the opposition of breaking the ceasefire. Two armed terrorists assassinated Major Moussa Tamer al-Youssef on Friday, Syria’s official SANA news agency reported. This comes just hours after another army soldier, Walid Joni, was killed in his house in Damascus.
Another law enforcement member was reportedly killed after terrorists opened fire on a military patrol in the city of Aleppo.
Authorities tightened security in public squares and outside mosques on Friday.
Earlier the opposition warned demonstrators that president Assad’s government is likely to break the truce and shoot.
The Syrian Interior Ministry has warned only protests agreed with the government will be tolerated by security forces.
Burhan Ghalioun, who is head of the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC), said he does not trust the authorities and believes they have their "hand on the trigger".
The Syrian National Council is the most high-profile section of the Syrian opposition, but it does not have any real influence over the events, believes Middle East blogger Karl Sharro.
“Even if [the SNC] were to call, for example, for limiting the amount of demonstrations – nobody would listen to it,” Sharro told RT. “And if it calls for a halt in military activities and attacks – it would not have effective means to control them on the ground.”
Earlier on Friday reports came in suggesting Syrian troops are clashing with rebels near the border with Turkey.
Observers on standby
A UN truce-monitoring force of up to 250 observers is ready to enter Syria as soon as the Security Council and the Syrian president approve the mission.read full article here
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