Report: Syrian troops descend on central city, shoot 20

Syrian troops raided homes and made sweeping arrests in Hama on Monday, wounding at least 20 people before sealing off the city just days after about 300,000 protesters there held the largest

demonstration since the uprising against President Bashar Assad erupted in mid-March, activists said.

Rami Abdul-Rahman, the London-based director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said he was told by Hama hospital officials that most of the wounded suffered shots from pump action rifles used by security forces. (AP)