Syrian government forces injured in Friday's clashes: report
DAMASCUS, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- A number of law-enforcement agents were injured Friday by the gunfire of armed groups in central Syria and dozens of wanted gunmen were arrested, the state- run SANA news agency reported Saturday.
The agents were injured in the al-Qusour neighborhood in the central province of Hama during an attack by unidentified gunmen, said the report.
An official source refuted reports broadcasted by al-Jazeera TV that warplanes flew over the city and countryside of Homs, saying such reports aimed to "provoke and incite the Syrian citizens."
The report "comes in the framework of the conspiracy against Syria," said the source, adding that plotters, inside and outside, "seek to incite the world public opinion and the international community against Syria."
Meanwhile, SANA said Syrian authorities in Homs arrested over the past few days scores of wanted gunmen and seized a large quantity of weapons while tracking down the armed groups in al- Nazihin neighborhood in Homs, including automatic rifles, night binoculars and Israeli-made bombs.
An explosive device planted by armed groups was dismantled by a military engineering unit in the Damascus suburb of Douma, SANA said, adding that a engineering unit in Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria dismantled an explosive device weighing three kilograms.
Another explosive device, weighing 25 kilograms, was also dismantled by the authorities in downtown Deir Ezzor city near the Electric Company.
In another account, the Doha-based al-Jazeera TV cited witnesses as saying that a total of 42 people were killed Friday during confrontations with government forces, as thousands of people thronged to the streets in several Syrian cities calling for international protection and an air embargo.
However, Hasan Abdul-Azim, a prominent opposition figure rejected such calls that "aim to entail the foreign intervention in Syria's affairs," according to the private Sham-Fm radio.
Also, the Third Way Movement, a moderate opposition group pursuing a compromise between adamant opposition groups outside Syria and the regime to salvage the country from menacing dangers, decried in a statement that such calls "represent a clear-cut demand for flagrant international intervention."
The anti-government protest has continued unabatedly for more than seven months with mounting calls for the downfall of the regime.
The Syrian government blamed the unrest on armed groups and thugs acting out a foreign conspiracy, citing the killing of more than 1,000 army personnel during the turmoil. However, the United Nations estimated that more than 3,000 people had been killed over the past seven months.
Source http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/29/c_131219326.htm
The agents were injured in the al-Qusour neighborhood in the central province of Hama during an attack by unidentified gunmen, said the report.
An official source refuted reports broadcasted by al-Jazeera TV that warplanes flew over the city and countryside of Homs, saying such reports aimed to "provoke and incite the Syrian citizens."
The report "comes in the framework of the conspiracy against Syria," said the source, adding that plotters, inside and outside, "seek to incite the world public opinion and the international community against Syria."
Meanwhile, SANA said Syrian authorities in Homs arrested over the past few days scores of wanted gunmen and seized a large quantity of weapons while tracking down the armed groups in al- Nazihin neighborhood in Homs, including automatic rifles, night binoculars and Israeli-made bombs.
An explosive device planted by armed groups was dismantled by a military engineering unit in the Damascus suburb of Douma, SANA said, adding that a engineering unit in Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria dismantled an explosive device weighing three kilograms.
Another explosive device, weighing 25 kilograms, was also dismantled by the authorities in downtown Deir Ezzor city near the Electric Company.
In another account, the Doha-based al-Jazeera TV cited witnesses as saying that a total of 42 people were killed Friday during confrontations with government forces, as thousands of people thronged to the streets in several Syrian cities calling for international protection and an air embargo.
However, Hasan Abdul-Azim, a prominent opposition figure rejected such calls that "aim to entail the foreign intervention in Syria's affairs," according to the private Sham-Fm radio.
Also, the Third Way Movement, a moderate opposition group pursuing a compromise between adamant opposition groups outside Syria and the regime to salvage the country from menacing dangers, decried in a statement that such calls "represent a clear-cut demand for flagrant international intervention."
The anti-government protest has continued unabatedly for more than seven months with mounting calls for the downfall of the regime.
The Syrian government blamed the unrest on armed groups and thugs acting out a foreign conspiracy, citing the killing of more than 1,000 army personnel during the turmoil. However, the United Nations estimated that more than 3,000 people had been killed over the past seven months.
Source http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-10/29/c_131219326.htm
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