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Credit: Reuters/Handout By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:54pm EDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad faced dissent within government ranks with more than 200 members of his Baath Party resigning and signs of discontent within the army over the violent repression of pro-democracy protests. Two hundred party members from Deraa province and surrounding regions resigned on Wednesday after the government sent in tanks to crush resistance in the city of Deraa. At least 35 civilians were killed in the attack, rights groups said. Diplomats said signs were also emerging of discontent within the army where the majority of troops are Sunni Muslims, but most officers belong to the same minority Alawite sect as Assad. Assad sent the ultra-loyal Fourth Mechanized Division, commanded by his brother Maher, into Deraa on Monday. Reports from opposition figures and Deraa residents, which could not be confirmed, said that several soldiers from another unit had refused to fire on civilians. "The largest funerals in Syria so far have been for soldiers who have refused to obey orders to shoot protesters and were summarily executed on the spot," a senior diplomat said. Another diplomat said there was at least one instance this month of soldiers confronting secret police to stop them shooting at protesters. "No one is saying that Assad is about to lose control of the army, but once you start using the army to slaughter your own people, it is a sign of weakness," he said. GUNFIRE The sound of gunfire was heard in Deraa on Wednesday night. Water, electricity and communications remained cut and essential supplies were running low, residents said. "The martyrs are being kept in refrigerator trucks used normally to transport produce, but they cannot move with the army firing randomly. We pour alcohol on the bodies to lessen the stench," one of the residents said. The death toll in almost six weeks of protests rose to 450, a rights group said. Protests erupted in Deraa after security police arrested two prominent women in the city, a doctor and an engineer, for expressing political views, and detained 15 children who wrote slogans on the walls demanding freedom, modeled on the cries of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions. Once a recruiting ground for the Baath and secret police, Deraa has become the cradle of Syria's uprising. Syria has been dominated by the Assad family since Bashar's father, the late President Hafez al-Assad, took power in a 1970 coup. The younger Assad kept intact the autocratic political system he inherited in 2000 while the family expanded its control over the country's struggling economy. Assad's decision to storm Deraa echoed his father's 1982 attack on the city of Hama to crush an uprising led by the Muslim Brotherhood. Up to 30,000 people were killed with little objection from the international community. Bashar al-Assad's attack on Deraa has drawn threats of sanctions from Western powers but the West remains wary of contemplating action that could contribute to toppling him. (Additional reporting by Suleiman al-Khalidi; Editing by Jon Hemming) World 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) VictorPurinton wrote: Assad is a run-of-the-mill dictator. The real prize here is Iran. The regime is already actively suppressing democracy internally, and now it is feeling the wave from abroad. The Iranian regime is terrified. And while the downfall of the Iranian regime is a wonderful thing to contemplate, we can be certain that the regime is going to get very, very dirty trying to prevent democracy from coming to Syria, and people are going to die. Apr 27, 2011 11:00pm EDT -- Report as abuse LynCe wrote: Thank God sanity is finally kicking in. At some point basic human values have to prevail, no matter the political or religious affiliation. What’s happening in Deraa is without redemption: No water, no electricity, no basic utilities and supplies, and the most unthinkable is doctors being targeted for helping the injured. This is real evil when Syria’s president is a medical doctor. More than 400 Syrians gunned down by the state can’t go unpunished. Bashar al-Assad told Charlie Rose in May 2010 that he is responsible for all decisions in Syria; so be it — he’s responsible for this horrific crime against humanity. Violence doesn’t beget peace, as almost everyone knows. 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