Security forces shot dead at least two civilians as thousands of Syrians massed for protests and saboteurs blew up a pipeline near the restive city of Homs on Friday, activists and reports said. Responding to a call under the slogan “Your silence is killing us,” the protesters emerged from mosques in urban centres including Idlib, Maaret al-Numan, Damascus and its outer suburb of Douma, the activists said.
They also turned out in force in the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, where security forces killed at least eight people as 1.2 million rallied at demonstrations staged after Friday prayers a week ago.
