DAMASCUS (AFP) – Troops and snipers killed six civilians on Saturday in the flashpoint Syrian city of Daraa, activists said, as people buried scores of people killed in a “day of rage” on Friday.
As protesters buried scores of people killed Friday in a “day of rage,” activists vowed to keep up the pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, promising a new week of pro-democracy rallies.
And 138 more members of Assad’s ruling Baath Party quit in protest at the deadly crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, according to collective resignation lists received by AFP in Nicosia.
At least 66 people were killed on Friday when tens of thousands of people demonstrated across Syria, activists said, while authorities said nine members of the security forces were shot dead by “terrorist groups.”
The activists said countrywide protests from Sunday would kick off a “week of breaking the siege” — a reference to the besieged southern
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