Syrian Forces Kill at Least 19 Protesters, Activists Say
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At least 19 protesters were killed in central Syria as security forces fired at protesters, activists said.
About 15 people were killed by gunfire during a demonstration in Homs yesterday, and another four in the suburbs of Damascus, Mahmoud Merhi, the Damascus-based head of the Arab Organization for Human Rights, and Nitham al-Siraj, a Homs-based human rights activist, said in telephone interviews. More than 100 people were killed last week, according to Merhi.