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Summary Syrian forces killed at least 32 protesters amid anti-government protests in various cities.
The forces killed 23 protesters in the capital Damascus in an intensifying crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad.It was the highest death toll in the central neighborhoods of Damascus since the uprising erupted four months ago in the Syria.Some 20,000 of demonstrators took to the streets in the main districts for the first time.The rest of those killed in Damasacus were in Barzeh, and in Rukn al-Din quarter of the city, where security forces fired protesters killing eight people.Two protesters were killed in the southern suburb of Qadam, said the Local Coordination Committees.Assad, facing the greatest challenge to 40 years of Baath Party rule, has sought to crush demonstrations that broke out in March. But although rights groups say some 1,600 civilians have been killed, the protests have grown.
