At least ten people have been killed and 15 injured after Syrian warships and tanks opened fire on the port city of Latakia in two residential districts, activists have said.
Sunday's deaths were reported as a military assault on Latakia extended into a second day.
On Saturday, at least five people were killed and several were injured as at least 20 tanks and armoured personnel carriers rolled into the city.
Shooting and explosions were heard in another neighbourhood, in Slaibeh on Saturday, according to the London-Based Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR) and the Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC).In Damascus, activists reported a siege on Sa'aba, east of the capital, on Sunday, in an attempt to prevent funeral processions for two people who were killed on Saturday night.
Also on Saturday, scores of security agents and pro-government thugs, known as shabiha, entered the town of Qusair, near the border with Lebanon, and several nearby villages, arresting scores of residents, Rami Abdel Rahman, chief of the SOHR, said.
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