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Summary At least 45 civilians were killed in a tank assault by Bashar al-Assads forces to occupy the Hama.
Reacting to intensifying assaults on Syrian cities and towns, the UN Security Council overcame deep divisions and condemned Assads bloody crackdown on civilian protesters. It was the first substantive action by the UN on Syrias five-month-old uprising for political freedoms.An activist who managed to leave the besieged city told Reuters that 40 people were killed by heavy machinegun fire and shelling by tanks in al-Hader district north of the Orontes river on Wednesday and early on Thursday. The activist, who gave his name as Thaer, said five more people from the Fakhri and Assa’ad families, including two children, where killed as they were trying to leave Hama by car on the al-Dhahirya highway.Syrian authorities have expelled most independent media, making it difficult to verify witness accounts and official statements.
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