Syrian forces kill three protesters

As protesters peacefully demonstrated in the southern city of Deraa, security forces reinforced by troops flown in by helicopter opened fire on protesters, killing three, and wounding many more. For half a century, Syria has been ruled by President Bashar Al-assad's Baath party. In an earlier interview, Assaid proclaimed that the ruling hierarchy "was very closely linked to the beliefs of the people" and that there was no mass discontentment.