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Credit: Reuters/Omar Ibrahim By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Mon May 16, 2011 11:21am EDT AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 15 Syrian tanks pushed overnight into a rural area near the Lebanese border, where security forces have concentrated their latest crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrations, human rights activists said. The activists, who were in contact with residents, said the tanks deployed around Arida, near the Jisr al-Qomar border crossing point with northern Lebanon. Witnesses on the Lebanese side of the border told Reuters they could hear the sound of gunfire throughout the night. Activists said Syrian troops and gunmen had entered the border town of Tel Kelakh on Saturday after protests erupted against President Bashar al-Assad's autocratic rule, prompting dozens of families to flee into Lebanon. An activists' protest group said at least seven Syrian civilians were killed on Sunday when troops shelled the town and sniper fire killed another civilian on Monday, raising the death toll in the army's assault since Saturday to 12. The official Syrian state news agency said five soldiers were killed in confrontations with armed groups in Tel Kalakh. One resident said there was intermittent shelling and machine gun fire with heavy bursts on Tel Kelakh on Monday, but the army appeared not to have advanced beyond the town's outskirts. "Tel Kelakh is a ghost town. There are no doctors. Pharmacies are shut. Snipers are on the roof of the main hospital. Phones, water and electricity are cut," Mohammad al-Dandashi told Reuters from the town through satellite phone. A few families from another border village called Hilat streamed into Lebanon on Monday as did two wounded civilians from Tel Kelakh who were seeking medical care in Lebanon, some family members said. LEBANESE ARMY REINFORCES BORDER Syrian soldiers and police have been trying to quell demonstrations across the country calling for Assad's overthrow for the last two months. They have tended to crack down on a flashpoint area for a few days, with tank shells, gunfire, and mass arrests, subduing it and then focusing on another area. Troops backed by armor have now deployed in or around towns and villages across the southern Hauran plain, the central province of Homs and areas near the coast. The security grip has been also tightened in Damascus and its suburbs. The Lebanese army said it had sent reinforcements to the border, set up checkpoints and started intensive patrols to prevent "infiltration activities on both sides." Authorities have blamed most of the violence in the country on armed groups backed by Islamists and outside powers whom they say killed more than 120 members of the security forces. 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