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Full Article Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Norwegian marathon great Waitz dies at 57 10:35am EDT Goldman profit drops as trading revenue falls 11:42am EDT RIM launches PlayBook, fans don't play along 11:29am EDT Apple sues Samsung, says stop copying us 7:30am EDT With much at stake, Asia voices confidence in U.S. debt 11:32am EDT Discussed 92 Palin returns with feisty, anti-establishment speech 83 Obama to lay out deficit plan with focus on tax, spending 74 UPDATE 1-Geithner says Congress will pass debt limit increase Watched Cupless bra combats cleavage crinkle Fri, Apr 15 2011 VW unveils new sporty Beetle Mon, Apr 18 2011 South Korean "super gun" packs hi-tech killing power Mon, Feb 14 2011 Syria government approves lifting state of emergency Tweet Share this By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces opened fire to disperse protesters early in Homs Tuesday, activists said, the latest city to be swept by the tide of unrest against President Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian rule. By midday Tuesday... Email Print Related News Scenarios: Stakes high for region as Syria protests unfold 6:25am EDT Syria government approves lifting state of emergency 10:53am EDT Timeline: Syria government approves lifting of emergency law 11:00am EDT Protest erupts in Syria after emergency law bill 11:16am EDT Analysis & Opinion Days of protest after Christian governor named in southern Egypt 4 Republican hopefuls in New Hampshire find tepid Tea Party turnout Related Topics World » Syria » Related Video Deraa funeral turns into protest Mon, Apr 18 2011 1 / 22 People gather at Clock Square during a demonstration in the centre of the Syrian city of Homs April 18, 2011. Syrian forces fired shots at hundreds of protesters who had gathered overnight in Homs city in defiance of warning by the authorities to halt what they called an insurrection, a rights campaigner said on Tuesday. A member of the security police addressed the protesters at Clock Square through a loud speaker asking them to leave, and then the forces opened fire, said the human rights campaigner, who is in contact with protesters in the square. Credit: Reuters/Handout THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT | Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:16am EDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces opened fire to disperse protesters early in Homs Tuesday, activists said, the latest city to be swept by the tide of unrest against President Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian rule. By midday Tuesday they said the center of Homs resembled a ghost town, with shops, markets and schools all closed in the city of around 700,000 people, where 17 protesters were killed Sunday night. Security forces including Assad's irregular "shabbiha" militia "chased people in the streets of Homs until 6 a.m. (0300 GMT)," one activist in the city said. "The streets are empty." Another said that 25 wounded people were in hospital. Rights groups say more than 200 people have been killed in the protests which swept across Syria after demonstrations first broke out in the southern city of Deraa a month ago, inspired by the Arab uprisings which toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia. The protests, the first such revolt since an Islamist uprising was ruthlessly put down in 1982, comprise all shades of society, including ordinary Syrians, secularists, leftists, tribals, Islamists and students. The rallying cry in the protests has been "Freedom, Freedom. God, Syria and Freedom only. Some shouts of Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) resonated after Friday prayers. Assad, who has ruled for 11 years since assuming power on the death of his father Hafez al-Assad, has responded with a combination of limited concessions and fierce crackdowns. In a sign that authorities would offer no ground to protesters, the Interior Ministry Monday night described the unrest as an insurrection by "armed groups belonging to Salafist organizations" trying to terrorize the population. Salafism is a strict form of Sunni Islam which many Arab governments equate with militant groups like al Qaeda. Assad and most of his inner circle are from Syria's minority Alawite community, adherents to an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam. The government says Syria is the target of a conspiracy and authorities blame the violence on armed gangs and infiltrators supplied with weapons from Lebanon and Iraq, a charge opposition groups say is unfounded. State news agency SANA said Tuesday that an army brigadier and three family members were ambushed and killed on Sunday by "armed criminal groups" in Homs. Two other officers were also killed in the city on the same day, it said. LIFTING EMERGENCY LAW Assad said Saturday he would end nearly half a century of emergency rule with legislation that should be in place by next week, but his pledge did little to appease protesters calling for political freedoms. Dozens of medical students demonstrated at Damascus University's college of medicine Tuesday chanting "Stop the massacres. Syria is free. Syria is dignity," two rights campaigners in contact with the students said. They said security forces beat the students to break up the protest. 1 2 Next 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. 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