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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-activists-regime-rattled-huge-protests-191826203.html
Syrian Regime Rattled by Huge Protests
(AP) Diaa Hadid - An estimated 300,000 people gathered to denounce President Bashar Assad in the city of Hama on Friday. Assad on Saturday dismissed the Hama governor, Ahmed Abdul-Aziz. Bassam Jaara, a Syrian opposition writer based in London, believes Abdul-Aziz was fired for not calling in security forces to deal harshly with demonstrators. Syrian forces have pursued a patchwork approach to the crackdown recently, leaving some areas to demonstrate freely while harshly attacking in other places. The tactic suggests that Assad's forces are under growing strain as they confront multiple protest hotbeds.