Jabla

The protests in Syria began three weeks ago and already have taken root in the coastal cities of Jabla and Latakia, north of Banias.

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Protests continued overnight in Zabadani, Jabla and Aleppo.

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"We don't trust this regime anymore," one protester said in Jabla, a coastal town where activists say security forces killed 12 people on Sunday.

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"We don't trust this regime anymore," one protester said in Jabla, a coastal town where activists say security forces killed 12 people on Sunday.

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Activists said government troops and gunmen loyal to Assad shot dead at least 13 civilians since they swept into the Mediterranean town of Jabla on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

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As well as the crackdown in Deraa and Douma, activists said troops and gunmen loyal to Assad had shot dead at least 13 civilians since they swept into the Mediterranean town of Jabla on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights SOHR said.

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As well as the crackdown in Deraa and Douma, activists said troops and gunmen loyal to Assad had shot dead at least 13 civilians since they swept into the Mediterranean town of Jabla on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights SOHR said.

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Jabla is home to large numbers of members of Assad's Alawite minority who had generally stayed away from protests.

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The army was also conducting operations in cities along the Mediterranean coast, including Baniyas and Jabla, both under siege for several days.

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In Banias, south of Jabla, protest leaders said they would cut the main coastal highway unless the siege on Jabla was lifted.

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