The Syrian regime continued its brutal wave of repression yesterday as it sent troops into southern villages around the trouble-hit city of Deraa in spite of EU sanctions announced earlier this week, which targeted top Baathist officials. Shooting was heard as the army moved in on the five villages in the early hours of yesterday, though no casualties were reported. Elsewhere a number of suburbs around Damascus, where many middle-class families live, remained under a tight siege operated by the military and security services. Activists said heavy gunfire was heard in Moadamiyah, a small town about 10 miles west of the…
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