Syrian forces kill 4 at start of Eid: activists

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Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead at least four civilians on Sunday in a continued military assault on the central city of Homs and in an attack on pro-democracy demonstrations that erupted after prayers marking the main Muslim feast, an activist group said.

Three of the deaths occurred in Homs, 140 km (90 miles) north of Damascus, where a main district has been under tank bombardment since Tuesday. One demonstrator was shot dead when security police fired at a protest demanding the removal of President Bashar al-Assad in the city of Hama to the north, the Syrian Revolution General Commission (SRGC) said.

The organization said in a statement that at least 10 protesters were also injured in the town of Talbisah near Homs and in Harra in the southern Hauran Plain.

Fifty protesters were arrested after a demonstration in the Damascus district of Kfrar Souseh. Troops deployed in several Damascus suburbs, surrounding mosques to prevent crowds from rallying after the early morning prayers for the feast of Eid al-Adha, it said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/06/us-syria-killings-idUSTRE7A50HN20111106

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1. AP: Syrian crackdown leaves at least 11 dead, opposition claims

At least 11 people have been killed in Syria as a major Muslim holiday began to the sound of explosions and gunfire, residents and activists said.

The violence on the first day of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, added to fears that a peace plan brokered by the Arab League last week was unravelling.

Activists said government forces killed at least nine people on Sunday in the central Homs province, which has turned into one of the main centres of protest and reprisal during the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

Qatar's prime minister has called for an emergency meeting to discuss the Syrian government's failure to abide by its commitments.

full: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/06/syrian-crackdown-11-dead-claim

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2. Eid Mubarak...Assad style. n/t

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3. Aljazeera: Arab League warns of Syria peace deal failure

http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2011/11/2011115142218851925.html

Reports from Syria indicate that seven people have died in fresh clashes as the chief of the Arab League warned that failure of a peace deal agreed to this week would have devastating impact.

"The failure of the Arab solution would lead to catastrophic results for the situation in Syria and the region as a whole," Syria had said on Wednesday it would abide by the Arab League plan to end seven months of violence triggered by protests against President Bashar al-Assad.

Al Jazeera's Rula Amin, reporting from Bierut, said there has yet to be any sign of the government's intention to honor the peace plan. "On the face of it, not much has changed," she said.Nabil Elaraby, the League's secretary-general, said in a statement on Saturday.

In his statement, Arab League's Elaraby expressed "serious worry over the continuing violence" in Syria and "appealed to the Syrian government over the need to take immediate steps to protect civilians" and to set the country on the course of dialogue. ... The Arab plan, which Damascus said it backed, called for a complete halt to violence, the release of prisoners, removing the military presence from cities and residential areas, and allowing the Arab League and media access to report on the situation.