Syria intensifies crackdown on protests

Furthermore, the source said more than 60 people were injured and several houses destroyed after the Syrian army on them unloaded their machine guns. The offensive was initiated after several Syrian soldiers deserted and rejected shoot protesters in the town. The sixth victim died in the town of Qara, located in Rif Damascus, and one activist was killed in an ambush by Syrian security forces in Kafrnabl. Syria has stepped up operations in the last hours in several locations in the province of Homs (center) and have been involved with "great military force" in the town of Hit.