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Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/01/us-syria-idUSLDE73N02P20110501
Syria Arrests Hundreds, Shells Deraa into Submission
(Reuters) Khaled Yacoub Oweis - Security forces arrested hundreds of pro-democracy sympathizers in cities across Syria after taking control of the city of Deraa. Security forces broke into houses Sunday in the old quarter of Deraa, which a tank-backed force led by Assad's brother Maher shelled into submission the day before.