via gothamist.com
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Syria moves to halt spread of unrest into central Damascus - latimes.com
Security forces in the Syrian capital intensified checkpoints, troops and helicopter patrols Saturday in a bid to keep an overnight surge of anti-government protests in the suburbs from spreading to the heart of Damascus, a crucial stronghold for Syrian President Bashar Assad.The beefed-up deployments came as Iran, Syria's closest ally, for the first time publicly pressed Assad's government to accede to "legitimate" demands of the Syrian public.
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