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Exactly what happened in the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour at the weekend is unclear, but it seems to have been one of the bloodiest episodes in nearly 12 weeks of popular protests against President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year rule. Residents said a column of Armored vehicles and troops, apparently heading for Jisr al-Shughour, had reached the town of Ariha, 25 km (16 miles) to the east, a day after Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim al-Shaar said the army would carry out its "national duty to restore security." Official accounts say gunmen roaming the town and setting fire to government buildings had inflicted the extremely high death toll on security men, said to have been killed in an ambush and attacks on a post office and a security post. Residents and activists dispute this, saying the casualties followed a mutiny among forces sent to quell civilian protests. Syria has barred most foreign media from the country, making it hard to verify events. It has released no video footage to back its account of the Jisr al-Shughour bloodshed. In 1982, Syrian forces crushed an armed Islamist revolt in the city of Hama, where many thousands were killed, on the orders of Assad's father, President Hafez al-Assad. Jisr al-Shughour residents said violence began when scores of civilians were killed in a crackdown on the hill town on a road between Syria's second city Aleppo and the port of Latakia. They said security men had raided homes and made scores of arbitrary arrests after the town's largest pro-democracy protest on Friday when at least five people were killed. The killings enraged the town and prompted defections from security police and troops belonging to Syria's Sunni Muslim majority, they said. Assad and many of his army and security commanders are from the minority Alawite sect. "Military intelligence agents and security police stormed the town on Monday. Snipers began firing at people who dared go out in the streets. Bodies lay in the streets. Around 100 police and soldiers defected and stood with us," one resident said by phone, adding that six military intelligence agents were killed. He said pro-Assad Alawite gunmen from neighboring villages, known as 'shabbiha', had been seen around Jisr al-Shughour. The Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah said the 120 people killed were mostly civilians, or troops apparently shot dead by security agents who refused to join in the crackdown. "The authorities are repeating their pattern of killings. They choose the town or city where demonstrations have been most vibrant and punish the population," a Sawasiah spokesman said. ARMY MUTINY? Wissam Tarif, director of human rights organization Insan, said the fighting pitted rival army units against each other. "An army unit or division arrived in the area in the morning. It seems then another unit arrived (later) to contain the mutiny," Tarif told Reuters. He said he had spoken to several people in Jisr al-Shughour who confirmed that account. A Western diplomat in the region said he took the mutiny reports seriously, although he had no first-hand knowledge of events in Jisr al-Shughour. "It is plausible that the violent response to the protesters is causing widening cracks on sectarian lines within the army," he said. Rights groups say security forces, troops and gunmen loyal to Assad have killed 1,100 civilians since protests erupted in the southern city of Deraa on March 18. Unrest later spread to the Mediterranean coast and eastern Kurdish regions. Assad has made some reformist gestures, such as issuing a general amnesty to political prisoners and launching a national dialogue, but protesters and opposition figures have dismissed such measures, saying thousands of political prisoners remain in jail and there can be no dialogue while repression continues. Another resident, a history teacher who gave his name as Ahmed, said clashes had begun on Saturday when snipers on the roof of the post office fired at a funeral for six protesters killed the day before. Mourners then set the post office ablaze. State television said eight members of the security forces were killed when gunmen attacked the post office building. It said at least 20 more were killed in an ambush by "armed gangs," and 82 in an attack on a security post. It said the overall death toll for security forces topped 120. (Additional reporting by Mariam Karouny in Beirut; editing by Alistair Lyon) World Syria Tweet this Link this Share 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. 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Comments (1) awmassey wrote: The people of Syria will win and rule,Bashar al Assad will be booted out and tried same as Saddam and will pay the price,until then more people will die but the people will win Jun 07, 2011 5:25am EDT -- Report as abuse See All Comments » Add Your Comment Social Stream (What's this?) © Copyright 2011 Thomson Reuters Editorial Editions: Africa Arabic Argentina Brazil Canada China France Germany India Italy Japan Latin America Mexico Russia Spain United Kingdom United States Reuters Contact Us Advertise With Us Help Journalism Handbook Archive Site Index Video Index Reader Feedback Mobile Newsletters RSS Podcasts Widgets Your View Analyst Research Thomson Reuters Copyright Disclaimer Privacy Professional Products Professional Products Support Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Careers Online Products Acquisitions Monthly Buyouts Venture Capital Journal International Financing Review Project Finance International PEhub.com PE Week FindLaw Super Lawyers Attorney Rating Service Reuters on Facebook Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters.com, video, mobile, and interactive television platforms. 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