Syrian troops tighten clampdown on Homs

Syria's security forces Thursday pressed a clampdown against dissidents in the central city of Homs , where shots were heard, arrests were made and many streets were deserted, rights activists said. "(Security forces) entered houses and made arrests," said Rami Abdel Rahman of the London-based ...

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