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The National Organisation for Human Rights in Syria, a Syrian rights group, said on Sunday that 26 protesters had been killed in the city of Deraa and two in Homs province after security forces opened fire on a peaceful gathering on Friday. Syria has prevented news media from reporting from Deraa and mobile phones lines there appeared to be cut on Sunday. Credit: Reuters/Amateur video footage via Reuters TV By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN | Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:49pm EDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's efforts to contain an unprecedented wave of protests face a key test on Friday, after he unveiled a new cabinet and ordered detainees released in a bid to ease tensions. Assad's measures were unlikely to satisfy many protesters demanding political freedoms and an end to corruption. The cabinet has little power and the release of detainees excluded those who committed crimes "against the nation and citizens." Syria has thousands of political prisoners, whose numbers swelled after protests against Assad's authoritarian rule broke out in the southern city of Deraa exactly four weeks ago after the main Friday prayers. Prayers, funerals and weddings are the main chances Syrians have to gather legally -- and every Friday since has seen large demonstrations, bloodshed, and mass arrests. The official news agency said the releases cover detainees arrested in the recent wave of protests, but human rights defenders said there had been more arrests in the city of Deraa on Thursday. A Syrian rights group said this week that more than 200 people had been killed during the protests. They have posed the biggest challenge to Assad since he assumed power in 2000 upon the death of his father Hafez, who ruled the country for 30 years. There are sectarian overtones to the tensions arising from the protests. Rights campaigners said Alawite irregulars, loyal to Assad and known as "al-shabbiha," killed four people in the seaside city of Banias and were used to quell protests in other areas. Syria is a mostly Sunni Muslim nation ruled by minority Alawites, adherents to an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. "PLAYING ON SECTARIAN FEARS" A senior opposition figure said Assad, who is Alawite, has been trying to stoke sectarian fears by saying that the protesters were serving a foreign conspiracy to sow sectarian strife. His father used similar language when he crushed a leftist and Islamist challenge to his iron rule in the 1980s. "This is not 1982 Hama. The uprising is not confined to a single area," an opposition figure said, referring to an attack by Hafez al-Assad's forces to put down a revolt led by the Muslim Brotherhood in the city of Hama that killed up to 30,000 people. "But we have seen apathy from Alawites and Christians," added the opposition source, who did not want to be further identified. "The regime has banned independent media, which makes it easier to spread lies and play on Alawite fears. But the Syrian people as a whole are realizing that nonviolent resistance to oppression is nonsectarian by nature," the source said. 1 2 Next World 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 (1) ogre12 wrote: who would thunk it?!? iran helping keep a dictatorship in power in syria…no way! iran will get its just dues soon enough dont worry folks. i dont want to be anywhere near ibejabbinyaidabut and his evil puppet masters these self proclaimed “clergymen”. Truthfully they are false preasts..heretics and they have and will drag many to hades with them in the end. 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