2024 GMT: Activists are reporting protests, and gunfire, in Aleppo. Here is one account:
Aleppo: Security opened fire at the protesters in Izaz, while another two demonstrations were happening in Ikteren and Andan
2018 GMT: Al Jazeera reports on another high-profile defection from the Syrian regime, but this one much closer to the security apparatus:
The attorney general in Hama, Adnan al-Bakkour, has resigned his post in protest over repression exercised by Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking in a video footage posted on the Internet by activists, al-Bakkour has accused the Syrian government of killing 72 prisoners who were held in custody at Hama central prison.
1935 GMT: According to multiple Twitter accounts, Said Qaddafi is conducting a phone interview right now. So far, the best quote:
Saif: NTC's head jaleel is a liar, they did not take Bab Azizia, it was bombed many times by NATO and was opened to visitors.
Also,
someone quotes Saif and then asks a relevant question:
"we are drinking tea and coffee, am asking everyone to attack the rats." Why not stop drinking and attack them yourself?
1919 GMT: EXTREMELY IMPORTANT VIDEO: Protesters shout anti-regime slogans into the face of soldiers in Angel, Daraa. On a more careful watching, however, the soldiers also appear to be chanting their support for the protesters, though the roadblock is maintained.
Protesters can also be seen waving olive branches at the soldiers.
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