Cairo - a Syrian activist said that a 12 year old boy was killed in the Centre of the city of Homs, the security forces have sealed off after massive protests against the regime.
An activist who became evidence of Homs, stated that the child was killed Sunday as firing and shelling erupted in the city. The activist refused to be named for fear of reprisals.
The Syria has banned foreign media and restricted access for reporters in several regions of the country, making it difficult to confirm the evidence independently. President Bashar Al-Assad has used the military and security forces to crush the uprising of seven weeks in the country across the country.
More than 580 civilians and 100 soldiers have been killed since the start of the revolt, say rights groups.
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Cairo (AP) - the Syrian security forces arrested more than 200 people Sunday early - including a 10 year old boy - as President Bashar al-Assad is developing a campaign to crush the seven-week uprising, at the national level of the country, said militants.
Rami Abdul Rahman, Director of the Syrian human rights observatory, said that more than 200 people have been picked up in Banias, a town in key oil industry on the Mediterranean coast where one of the largest protests took place in the night. On Saturday, the troops of tanks and armoured vehicles rolled and sealed off the coast of the city.
A 10-year-old child was among those taken into custody, said Abdul Rahman.
"It seems to be designed to punish his parents," he told The Associated Press, adding that the water, electricity, and almost all forms of communication of the city have been cut.
Another activist obtain reports of witness said that three more were found dead there since Saturday, bringing the balance sheet of two days in Banias to six. The activist refused to be named for security reasons.
Syria uprising was triggered by the arrest of adolescents who scribbled anti-Government graffiti on a wall in the city of the South of Dara in mid-March. Protests inspired by uprisings sweeping the Arab world spread rapidly across the nation of some 23 million people.
More than 580 civilians and 100 soldiers have been killed since the start of the revolt, say rights groups.
The events of Banias, after the killed security forces 30 people in nationwide protests Friday, came in the wake of a military operation on a large scale in Dara. The headquarters of 11 days, with approximately 50 residents were killed, triggered international outrage and condemnation.
Banias, which is home to one of two of the country's oil refineries and is the main point of Syrian oil export, has a potentially explosive mixture of religious groups and sects. It is predominantly Sunni Muslim, but is also home to many Alawi - the sect of the ruling Assad family and several officials. He also has a large power station.
Syrian officials and the State media have tried to portray Banias as fertile ground for Islamic extremists to justify the Suppression of the regime. The news agency SANA said the army and security forces were pursuing fugitives in Banias and managed to stop a large number of them and confiscate their weapons.
Sunday, SANA said Syrian authorities seized sophisticated weapons and that the army is still hunting down "armed terrorist groups" across the country, including in Banias.
The United States has already imposed sanctions on three senior Syrian officials as well as intelligence of the Syria and revolutionary Agency keeps the Iran on law enforcement. The European Union should impose sanctions on Syrian officials next week, and the United Nations, said Saturday, and he sends a Syria team to investigate the situation.
Similar to that of Dara, operation of Banias where begins the uprising, risks further alienate the Assad regime, which used a brutal military force to crush the revolt without precedent against the dynasty of 40 years of his family.
Details of the deployment of troops in Banias, for weeks the scene of demonstrations demanding a change of regime, were rare as telephone lines and other communications with the region were mainly cut.
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