The war in Syria

At least 37 people were killed on Friday during anti-government protests, which were held in several cities in Syria after Friday prayers.
According to activists, among the dead 80- year-old man gunned down in Homs, and the teenager, who was killed in a town in the south.

The largest number of victims were in the city of Homs and Hama, where the opposition have called for NATO to enter the zone of the country, the no-fly aircraft of the armed forces of Syria.

Despite the threat of brutal repression by government troops in the country went up to 170 protesters.

Since the start of mass demonstrations in March this year killed more than three thousand people.
Under the protection of NATO.

The opposition need of international protection of NATO, whose air force has played a key role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi.

According to Reuters, protesters gathered near Homs Bab Tadmur, carried banners calling for the international community, and cried: ' Lord! .

AFP referring to the Syrian Organization for Human Rights Watch, in district of Bala about 20 thousand. people took to the streets, chanting calls for the resignation of the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

The agency also reports that in recent weeks in the city began to spring up armed detachments of militia.

In the capital, Damascus, according to the lined on the Internet video, the crowd of hundreds of people danced and sang traditional songs, changing them in the words on the protest.
According to Syrian human rights activists, dozens of young men were marched to the metropolitan area Barzeh, 40 people were arrested.
In Damascus, as well as in Homs, located 140 km north of the capital, disrupted Internet and other means of communication.
There are also concerns that initially unarmed protests are no longer at peace as in war become the standard of opposition.
The opposition and the gang?.
The Syrian authorities claim that these actions stir up armed gangs and foreign extremists who seek to start sectarian strife.
As passed the Syrian state media, ... It was further reported that security forces captured several armed men and weapons and ammunition.
However, to confirm these reports is almost impossible, since no foreign journalists from working in Syria.