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Down... Email Print Related News Syrian forces kill civilian, arrest leading Alawite 11:04am EDT Jurists' group calls for inquiry into Syria killings 6:37am EDT Activists say Assad must go after Friday killings 7:33am EDT Timeline: Opposition mounts in Bashar al-Assad's Syria 6:50am EDT Analysis & Opinion Behind volatile U.S.-Pakistan ties : the Afghan endgame ? Afghanistan : The gnawing fear of transition Related Topics World » United Nations » Syria » Related Video Syrian forces fire on protesters 3:27am EDT Bloodshed in Syria. 1 / 6 People gather in the Syrian city of Homs April 23, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Handout By Suleiman al-Khalidi AMMAN | Sun Apr 24, 2011 11:04am EDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians called for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad Sunday at a funeral for protesters killed by security forces in the southern town of Nawa, a witness said. "Long live Syria. Down with Bashar!" the mourners chanted, their calls audible in a telephone call during the funeral. "Leave, leave. The people want the overthrow of the regime." The witness said four people were killed Saturday in Nawa, about 25 km (15 miles) north of the city of Deraa where demonstrations against Assad's authoritarian rule first erupted, when they gathered to protest earlier shootings. At least 100 people were killed in Syria Friday, the highest toll in five weeks of unrest, when security forces shot protesters demanding political freedoms and an end to corruption in their country, ruled for 41 years by the Assad dynasty. Activists described Friday's killings as a turning point which exposed the hollowness of Assad's announcement that he was lifting a 48-year state of emergency and abolishing a hated state security court. At least 12 more people were killed Saturday at mass funerals for the slain protesters, and rights campaigners said secret police raided homes near Damascus just after midnight on Sunday, arresting activists in the area. Assad assumed power when his father died in 2000 after ruling Syria for 30 years. The hostile chants in Nawa Sunday reflect a steady hardening of the demands of protesters who first called for greater freedoms but now seek his overthrow. Despite deepening his father Hafez al-Assad's anti-Israel alliance with Iran, clawing back Syrian influence in Lebanon and backing militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas, Assad has kept Syria's front line with Israel quiet and held indirect peace talks with the Jewish state. International condemnation of Assad has also intensified. Western criticism was initially muted because of lingering hopes that Assad might implement genuine reform and because revolution in Syria would reshape the political map in the Middle East. "I deplore the increasing violence in Syria, and am appalled by the killing of demonstrators by Syrian security forces," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday, advising all British nationals to leave Syria. U.S. President Barack Obama urged Assad Friday to stop the "outrageous use of violence to quell protests." Syrian authorities, who blame the violence on armed groups, dismissed Obama's comments. NATIONWIDE PROTESTS The weekend protests stretched from the port city of Latakia to Homs, Hama, Damascus, its suburbs and southern towns. The death toll rose to around 350, with scores of missing since the demonstrations broke out on March 18, rights campaigners said. An eminent jurists' group said Sunday the United Nations Security Council must investigate "mass killings" by the security forces which it said may warrant prosecution by the International Criminal Court. "Those ordering and carrying out these attacks, including those firing live rounds into crowds, must be held criminally accountable," said Wilder Tayler, Secretary General of the International Commission of Jurists. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens of people were arrested by security forces after the demonstrations Friday, including nine in Idlib province, four in Syria's second city of Aleppo and five in eastern Raqqa province. The violence in Nawa, a town of 60,000 residents in the southern Hauran Plain which was the cradle of Syria's uprising, broke out when residents tried to gather in protest Saturday, the witness at the funeral said. Security forces opened fire on protesters, who overran headquarters of the state and military security branches. Residents said four protesters were killed. The official SANA news agency, apparently referring to the same clashes, said seven army soldiers were killed by "criminal armed groups." Assad has ejected most foreign media from the country, so independent reports of the violence are difficult to verify. Demonstrators have been using the Internet to get out pictures of the violence, many of which have been explicit. One video posted on Internet site YouTube showed a crowd marching near Abbasside square in Damascus, purportedly on Friday, chanting "the people want the overthrow of the regime," before the sound of gunfire was heard. Demonstrators raised their hands to show that they were unarmed. The fire intensified. One youth fell, with blood spurting from his head and back. His comrades lifted him but dropped his body when the sound of bullets resumed. In a move unthinkable in Syria just five weeks ago, two Deraa lawmakers in Syria's rubberstamp parliament resigned on Saturday to protest against the killings of protesters. (Additional reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Maria Golovnina) World United Nations Syria Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (2) tallanh wrote: The despots of the world should realize that the legitimacy of their power is inversely proportional to the number of people they need to kill in order to remain in power. Apr 24, 2011 10:17am EDT -- Report as abuse Nicholas118 wrote: The Spring Revolution sweeps throught the middle East and Africa.Yes , our nation doesn’t belong to someone, it belongs to everyone. 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