The army had sealed off the city that hundreds of demonstrators gathered, undaunted by use of the Government of the force for more than three weeks of unrest, witnesses said. Television reported State that nine soldiers were killed in an ambush near the town.
Because telephone lines, electricity and Internet access were apparently cut to most of the regions of Banias details were incomplete. Soldiers and tanks from the army surrounded the city, prevent people from entering to the.
But a witness, reached by telephone, said hundreds of protesters had gathered near the al-Rahman Mosque, when forces of security with men in open civilian clothing fire armed. The names of the dead were read on the loudspeakers of the mosque.
Dozens of people were injured, the witness said, but most of them have asked to be treated at a small clinic instead of the main hospital of the city, which was under the control of the security forces.
As most people who were interviewed, the witness requested anonymity for fear of reprisals from the Government. Several human rights activists, also citing witnesses, reported the shootings Sunday, Banias is 185 kilometres northwest of Damascus, the capital.
"There are demonstrations throughout the city, and people are chanting against the regime, said Haitham al-Maleh, 80, a lawyer and activist for the rights of the man who has spent years as a political prisoner in Syria."
The accounts could not be confirmed independently. The Government imposed severe restrictions on the coverage of news and many journalists, including Associated Press, were ordered to leave the country.
Demonstrations broke out in Syria, more than three weeks ago and have experienced steady growth, with tens of thousands of people calling for major reforms in a Government authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad.
More than 170 people were killed, human rights groups function.
The Government accuses the bands armed violence and pledged to crush any further unrest. Sunday, rogue reported State television were behind the killing of nine soldiers in an ambush near Banias.
The television report said armed men hiding among the trees along a road fired at the soldiers, and it broadcasts images of an ambulance and other civilian vehicles coming under fire along the road.
Sunday, Assad said that the country was "" to go forward on the road to comprehensive reforms", reported the State News Agency, Sana." In recent weeks, Mr. Assad responded to the protesters with force and limited concessions which have failed to appease the.
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