Nine protests were killed in Syria

The Syrian military shot nine participants in the protest against the regime Bashar al -Assad. It is reported by Reuters with reference to eyewitnesses and activists of the opposition. According to the agency, with a demand for the resignation of Assad, tens of thousands of protesters reached the streets on August 12.

Two oppositionists were killed in the Aleppo port, two were shot in the province of Idlib, three in the suburbs of Damascus, two more people were shot in the boor.

In addition, in Deir al-Zor, the security forces opened fire on people leaving the mosque. One person died. As RIA Novosti notes, shooting at praying is a traditional method for the current Syria method to prevent mass anti -government actions, which begin immediately after Friday worship.

The unrest in Syria began in mid -March 2011 in the southern city of Deraa. Then they spread to other regions of the country. Syrian human rights defenders announced the deaths of more than a thousand people in clashes with the police.

The EU introduced a ban on the supply of weapons and police equipment to the Cyria, and also forbade the entry of representatives of the highest Syrian leadership to its territory. In addition, the financial assets of the Syrian authorities were frozen in Europe.

In May, the United States imposed sanctions against Assad and six high -ranking representatives of the Syria government. The Americans were forbidden to conduct every business with them. In addition, American accounts of Syrian leaders were frozen.

President Bashar Assad lost all legitimacy in Syria, in August the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton emphasized in August. Earlier, Barack Obama stated that Assad is non -miserable, as he was unable to organize the country's transition to democracy. Assad runs Syria since 2000.