The Syrian people continued to turn out for protests following Friday prayers. And Assad, undeterred by the US president's strong words, continued to kill:
Activists and residents reached in Syria reported shooting in several areas across the country, despite Mr. Assad’s assertion two days earlier that all military operations against the opposition had ended. They said that 15 demonstrators were killed in the southern Dara’a Province, where the first protests began five months ago after security forces arrested and tortured high school students caught scrawling antigovernment graffiti on walls. Among the dead in Dara’a were five army soldiers who refused to open fire on protesters, according to the Local Coordination Committees, a group of activists who document and organize protests.
Al Jazeera put the death count at 23. Enduring America live-blogged the day and flagged the above footage:
Dramatic video, gunfire lights up a street in Harasta, Syria (that isn't AK-47 fire, move like a heavy machine gun, possibly tank mounted, based on the size of the impact explosions on the back wall at the end of the video)
Many more clips here and here. Anderson confronts the Syrian ambassador to the UN and his propaganda. A gaggle of neocons urge Obama to do more, but Larison pushes back against a regime change ratchet, arguing that the destiny of Syria is ultimately up to the Syrians.
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