Forces kill 24 across Syria in 48 hrs

Russia slams EU ban on regime

Security forces killed three people in northwest Syria yesterday as a punitive EU oil embargo came into effect, a day after anti-regime protests which activists said cost 21 lives.
The latest crackdown by Syrian forces comes despite the European Union slapping Damascus with the embargo, in a move criticised by Syria's longtime ally Russia.
"Two men were killed and five wounded in Maarrat in Idlib region during an incursion by tanks and 50 buses carrying members of the security forces," said the Local Coordination Committees (LCC), which have activists on the ground.
The LCC said "another political activist from the central city of Hama was killed in the same way as the other two when the army opened fire on civilians who were watching the troops."
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said the latest security operation was "to hunt down wanted people," adding that according to an activist in the region, it was "intended to track down the attorney general Hama Adnan al-Bakkur who recently announced his resignation."
Bakkur, attorney-general for the Hama region, had announced his resignation in an Internet video broadcast Wednesday to denounce the repression.
Syrian authorities claim that an "armed gang" kidnapped Bakkur and was extracting "pure lies" under pressure.
On Friday, widespread demonstrations were repressed by security forces, who killed at least 21 people, the Observatory said in a statement.
According to the United Nations, more than 2,200 people have been killed in Syria since the protests began on March 15.
An EU oil embargo against Syria went into effect yesterday, a day after its adoption by the 27-nation bloc to punish the government for its brutal suppression of the protest movement.

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