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Syrian forces kill 15 protesters, activists say

Syrian safety forces shot deceased at least 15 people on Friday after tens of thousands of protester took to the streets difficult the overthrow of leader Bashar al-Assad, witnesses and activists said.
"Tell the world Bashar is without legality," shouted several thousand protesters in the Damascus suburb of Irbin, the chants audible in a telephone call to a witness at the protest.
The Local harmonization Committees, a main activist' group, said it had the names of 14 civilians killed in the merchant city of Homs, the poor town of Kiswa south of Damascus and in the housing district of Barzeh in the capital.