New Syria protest center sees unrelenting attacks
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Electricity, phone lines and then the water supply have been cut off in a restive area of Syria that is a new center for protests against President Bashar Assad, and activists said 15 people have died there in the sixth day of sustained government attacks.
What started as street demonstrations calling for reforms has evolved into demands for Assad's ouster in the face of a violent crackdown, especially in Syria's south and agricultural center, where the challenge to his family's 40-year-rule is seen as strongest. In the city of Rastan on Thursday, a resident who fled said troops swept through making arrests. (AP)
