Bahrain, Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: The Surge of Protest
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 14:04Protesting women greet armoured personnel carriers with peace signs; police respond with sound grenades
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Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: This is "Peace" --- Another 90 Die
1818 GMT: The Local Co-ordination Committees of Syria claims that 45 people have died today, including three women and four children. Twenty-four of the deaths were in Homs, where several neighbourhoods are being shelled, and 13 in Idlib, where regime forces have moved into the Saraqeb district.
1641 GMT: Andrew Hammond of Reuters writes, amidst reports of widespread use of tear gas by Bahrain's security forces:
back after Sitra. all i can say is that was really insane. cld have been worse too if media hadnt been around
— Andrew Hammond (@Hammonda1) March 24, 2012