Syrian authorities worsen crackdown on protestors

At least 62 people died in Syria on Friday as security forces clashed with anti-government protestors defying the crackdown in the restive cities of Daraa, Homs and Latakia, a human rights group said. The clashes were following by new sanctions imposed by the United States on Syria over its brutal repression of the protests. Europe also imposed an arms embargo and considered additional sanctions against Bashar Al-Assad’s government, hardening the international front against Damascus on another day of bloody violence in Syria. Jordanians shout during a protest in solidarity with the protestors in the Syrian town of Deraa, at the closed border crossing with Syria, in the Jordanian city of Al Ramtha. – Reuters Photo ◄   |   ► 1 / 10