Carnage on Good Friday in Syria as security forces open fire on protestors

[Aziza Sourris, Middle East News Contributor]

According to Telegraph.co.uk, around 50 protestors around Syria were executed today when the security forces of the country’s dictatorial ruler, Bashar al-Assad, opened fire on peaceful demonstrations.

The latest executions bring the security forces’ such killings to more than 200 since the disturbances began.

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