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Syrian troops kill 26 in dissident areas, opposition says
Feb 11, 2012, 9:54 GMT
Beirut - At least 26 people were killed by Syrian government forces in two restive areas on Saturday, opposition activists said.
'Twenty people were killed in the districts of Baba Amr and al- Khalidiyeh (in the province of Homs). The regime's forces have intensified shelling the area to prevent activists and army defectors from escaping,' Omar Homsi, an activist, told dpa by satellite phone.
Six people were killed in a government crackdown in the suburbs of the capital Damascus, the opposition said.
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