Tens of Thousands of Anti-Government Protesters Rally in Syria
Published March 25, 2011
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March 23: Anti-Syrian government protesters flash V sign as they protest in the southern city of Daraa, Syria.
DARAA, Syria -- Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, weeklong crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said.
There were no immediate reports of serious violence.
Daraa, the main city of southern Syria's drought-parched agricultural heartland, has become a flashpoint for protests in a country whose leadership stands unafraid of using extreme violence to quash internal unrest. The coming days will be a crucial test of the surge of popular discontent that has unseated autocrats in Tunisia and Egypt and threatens to push several others from power.
