The Syrian regime was looking increasingly isolated yesterday as hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets in some of the largest rallies of the uprising, despite an unprecedented attempt by President Bashar al-Assad to reach out to his political opponents. Click to upload graphic: Arab Spring Survival Guide: How many regimes have defied unrest so far (310.28kB) Marchers massed in city squares up and down the country, facing the bullets of Mr Assad’s security forces, with at least nine people reported killed. A video posted on YouTube showed residents from a town in north-west Syria – a region which has been subject to a relentless army operation using tanks, troops and…
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