Syria Feature: The Death of An Activist in a Damascus Suburb (BBC)

Tammam al-SaabA peaceful demonstrator to his supporters, a "terrorist" according to the government --- Tammam al-Saab's killing by Syrian forces in Damascus on 20 July has galvanised protesters in the city, writes a journalist in the Syrian capital.

State media announced that Saab had died during one of the army's "cleansing" operations targeting "terrorists" in the north-eastern suburb of Barzeh.

Opposition activists in Barzeh meanwhile mourned the "uncle of the revolutionaries", who they said had led peaceful anti-government protests there and was shot dead by a sniper while rescuing a wounded demonstrator.

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