Cairo .- At least 14 people died in the last hours near the Syrian city of Homs for an opposition protest and an armed clash between security forces and unknown, reported the Qatari television network Al Jazeera. The chain did not elaborate on the identity of the victims who perished in incidents confused with differing versions of who provoked them and the exact number of deaths.
The riots occurred last night in the town of Talbisa, near the city of Homs, north of Damascus, near the border with Lebanon, where today there lived a great strain on the streets, according to Al Jazeera. Interior Ministry sources said that an unknown armed group killed four civilians there.
For its part, Syria's official news agency, SANA, reported that a policeman was killed and eleven others wounded when a group of snipers fired last night in Talbisa against police officers from buildings near a highway. A military unit was sent to the area engaged in a shootout with strangers, according to SANA, in exchange of fire that killed three of the attackers, while another fifteen unknown and five soldiers were wounded.
Apparently, according to Al Jazeera, the shooting occurred during the funeral of a person who died on Saturday as they developed a political protest. Some residents toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad, according to Al Jazeera, also sparking clashes. Qatari chain, citing opposition sources, said there are half a hundred wounded and some of them refuse to go to hospitals for treatment for fear of being arrested.
Al Jazeera said, the same sources, that the shots were fired by men of civilians loyal to the Syrian regime. Syria has been the scene of opposition protests demanding political reforms in the regime of Bashar al-Asad. The Damascus government accused unidentified foreign groups of being behind these protests. 
The riots occurred last night in the town of Talbisa, near the city of Homs, north of Damascus, near the border with Lebanon, where today there lived a great strain on the streets, according to Al Jazeera. Interior Ministry sources said that an unknown armed group killed four civilians there.
For its part, Syria's official news agency, SANA, reported that a policeman was killed and eleven others wounded when a group of snipers fired last night in Talbisa against police officers from buildings near a highway. A military unit was sent to the area engaged in a shootout with strangers, according to SANA, in exchange of fire that killed three of the attackers, while another fifteen unknown and five soldiers were wounded.
Apparently, according to Al Jazeera, the shooting occurred during the funeral of a person who died on Saturday as they developed a political protest. Some residents toppled a statue of President Bashar al-Assad, according to Al Jazeera, also sparking clashes. Qatari chain, citing opposition sources, said there are half a hundred wounded and some of them refuse to go to hospitals for treatment for fear of being arrested.
Al Jazeera said, the same sources, that the shots were fired by men of civilians loyal to the Syrian regime. Syria has been the scene of opposition protests demanding political reforms in the regime of Bashar al-Asad. The Damascus government accused unidentified foreign groups of being behind these protests.
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