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Summary Syrian forces kept up attacks on Hama for a third day.
Human rights campaigners said the assaults by Assad’s forces across Syria on Monday and Tuesday had killed at least 27 civilians, including 13 in Hama, where troops and tanks began an operation to regain control on Sunday.That brought the total to about 137 dead throughout Syria in the past three days, 93 of them in Hama, according to witnesses, residents and rights campaigners. The plight of Hama where thousands were killed in 1982 when security forces crushed an anti-government uprising has prompted many Syrians to stage solidarity marches since the start of Ramazan.On the other hand, Senators called on the Obama administration to impose tough new sanctions on Syria’s energy sector. Washington also sought to put muscle behind its demand that President Bashar al-Assad halt his lethal crackdown on unarmed protesters.But Assads tough response suggests he will resist calls for democratic change that have swept Syria for the past five months, and much of the Arab world this year.
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