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Summary Syrian forces killed four people as the West ratcheted up pressure for UN action against Damascus.
The four were killed Wednesday in the Jebel al-Zawiya region, where the army deployed two weeks ago to crush an anti-government revolt, Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. He said sustained gunfire was heard in the area, which lies in Idlib, a province near the northwestern border with Turkey.An explosion, meanwhile, hit a pipeline in northeastern Syria in the first attack on the energy infrastructure since unprecedented protests against President Bashar al-Assad rule erupted in mid-March, state media and activists said.And the Arab League of Human Rights head said security forces wielding batons dispersed 250 intellectuals and writers in Damascuss Midan district on Wednesday as they gathered, sang the national anthem and chanted God, Syria, Freedom.
