Things are Heating-up in Syria Now

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Syria funeral hit with teargas, protesters wounded: report

(AFP)
DAMASCUS — Syrian security forces fired tear gas Saturday on mourners burying two men who were killed in an earlier protest in the southern city of Daraa, wounding several, rights activists said.

The latest violence came as a Facebook page, one of the motors behind an unprecedented string of protests in Syria, called for a Saturday rally in the city of Homs, north of Damascus.

The fresh call for protests in the Middle Eastern country infamous for its tight grip on security came one day after rights groups reported that security forces killed at least three people and wounded hundreds in a rally in the southern city of Daraa... "More than 10,000 attended the funerals but the bodies were buried without prayers being recited in the mosque."

After the burial the crowd headed for the centre of Daraa, to be met by tear gas," the activist added.

Impromptu protests have erupted in Damascus and other cities for four days, with Facebook group The Syrian Revolution 2011 -- which also carries an Arabic version of its title translating as "The Syrian Revolt against (President) Bashar al-Assad" -- emerging as a major mobilising force behind the unprecedented events in Syria... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5imPTFixkG47Y44ZniAQVv4wC6UGw?docId=CNG.301dc17b5d60dc6790da1726987ffe7d.c71