On Sunday, four demonstrators were killed by the forces of security during pro-democracy demonstrations of Baniyas, a port city, known for its nearby orchards and its large refinery. On Monday, an eyewitness of the city said the string of information that shooting continues to be heard in the District of Al-Nabe'a, where the forces the biggest clashes between demonstrators and security takes place Sunday.
The village of Bayda was "punished" to provide a refuge for people fleeing from Baniyas, and because the residents were rumored plans a protest of their own, said Wissam tariff, Syrian human rights defender. He said security forces had raided the houses of the village and fired the men and women in the town square, where they were "collectively beaten" by security agents.
"They formed circles around them instead, and they beat," said Mr. tariff. "They felt as the city supported Baniyas.".
His organization, Insan, confirmed one death in Bayda and told of two Baniyas, which, he said, that he could not confirm. Mr. tariff was talked on the phone in Tartus, about 20 miles south of Baniyas.
Razan Zeitouneh, a defender of the rights of man based in Damascus, said in an e-mail that its sources backed up from the attack on Bayda Mr. tariff and added that it was mounting anxiety in Baniyas on another aggression.
"Baniyas is always surrounded by the army and security," wrote Ms. Zeitouneh. "There are fears that she will be attacked tonight."
Several hours after the sending of the email, Ms. Zeitouneh, which has used regularly its Facebook page to disseminate the findings of his organization, the Syrian Information Link human rights, began to display what it says were eyewitnesses of nocturnal attacks on villages near Baniyas.
"Heavy firing at the southern entrance of Baniyas now," read a post.
"Invasion finishing of orchards and arrest dozens and begins to invade the neighbourhoods of al-Basyia and al-Oudima," read another.
Syria State News Agency, SANA, has remained largely silent about the events in and around Baniyas, reports only on what it said were the killings of nine Syrian soldiers "to the criminals in the hands of a group of terrorists and rogue" in Baniyas Sunday. Some members of the Syrian opposition claimed that the soldiers were killed by the security forces refused to fire on the demonstrators.
Joshua Landis, a specialist of Syria and Professor at the University of Oklahoma, who is married to a Syrian, writes in his blog, comment by Syria, as the cousin of his wife, lieutenant colonel Yasser Qash'ur, was one of those killed.
People commenting on his blog, which many self-identify as Syrians or people of Syrian origin living abroad, said Mr. Landis: "half the people on my site are written and that the Government is killing soldiers to encourage the civil war." "The other half say that it was the protesters who killed the soldiers".
Information about the events in Syria have become more difficult to verify these past few weeks, the Government banned foreign journalists to travel Damascus.
"No one has good information, and each has something completely different," said Mr. Landis. "It is an indication of how horribly divided Syrian are.".
During this time, Human Rights Watch issued a statement Tuesday saying that some of the demonstrators were injured in pro-democracy demonstrations that began in mid-March that could not get medical care.
"We were gets reports of a number of people who died in the mosques of bullet wounds," Nadim Houry, Syria for Human Rights Watch researcher, said in an interview with Beirut telephone.
In some cases, the security forces have surrounded by hospitals for wounded demonstrators can obtain treatment. "We have also heard about the shooting of demonstrators who were trying to draw people to safety in buildings," said Mr. Houry. "We talked to seven or eight people who participated or witnessed such incidents."
The White House issued a statement Tuesday condemning Government response to the demonstrations as "scandalous."
"We are deeply concerned by reports that Syrian who have been injured by their Government are being denied access to medical care," he said.
Professor Landis, said: "it is clear that the gloves are off and the regime will do whatever it takes to stay in power." It was at this time war. The Government cannot allow to have this level of violence long continue. ?
Liam reported Stack of Cairo and Katherine Zoepf of New York.
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