Syria

Regime Shells Dara'a

Continues crackdown on protests.

Syrian President Bashar Assad's brutal crackdown on protesters continued Sunday with the shelling of Dara'a's Roman quarter. Dara'a, where protests began six weeks ago after a group of teens was arrested for drawing graffiti, has been without water, fuel, or electricity since Monday, when the regime sent troops backed by armor and snipers into the city. A witness said men were forbidden from leaving their homes but women were permitted to leave the house in search of bread. The shelling comes a day after four people were killed when troops raided a mosque that had been a focal point of protests. At least 65 people were killed Friday, most of them in Dara'a.