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March 25, 2011| 19 Adar 2 5771
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Services RIOTS IN SYRIA Memorial Held for Fogel Family in NYC ESCALATE ASSAD STRUGGLES TO RESTRAIN PROTESTS
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Malcom Hoenlein of the Conference of Presidents addresses a memorial gathering on the UWS, attended by approximately one thousand people.
Protests spread throughout the country (above), as Syrian dictator Assad (right) deploys troops to quell dissent.
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In an effort to contain spreading popular disorders against his regime, Syrian President Bashar Assad Monday, March 21, sent the 4th Armored Division commanded by his younger brother Maher Assad to suppress the three-day uprising in Darra, capital of the southern Hauran region, and blockade the adjoining Jabal ad-Duruz where a demonstration is planned for March 26 at As-Suwada. arlier, he posted two expanded Syrian army brigades at Darra, where some 20 demonstrators were killed and 300 wounded by tear gas and live bullets. Damascus confirmed that army forces had been deployed in Darra where five more demonstrators were killed Monday in fresh anti-government unrest after smashing the statue of Hafez Assad, the president's father and predecessor. The demonstrators called on Syrians around the country to join them at a
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BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF WRITERS While many New Yorkers were wearing green and immersed in the alcoholfueled revelry of St. Patrick's day, other, particularly though not exclusively among the Jewish community, donned somber tones and sober attitudes, paying their respects to the Fogel family, five of whom were murdered by terrorists in the middle of the night on Shabbat, March 11.
rally to mourn those who died in clashes with police over the past three days. Assad has thus joined the list of dynastic Arab rulers fighting to retain power in the face of popular revolts. Sunday, the United States "strongly condemned the violence that took place in Syria and called on the Syrian government to allow demonstrations to take place peacefully. Those responsible for today's violence must be held accountable," said a White House statement. However, Washington has invested considerable effort into improving relations with Damascus and so, unlike in the case of Libya, the Obama administration has not gone beyond verbal condemnation of Assad's brutal crackdown on dissent. Assad's Baath party and family have ruled Syria for almost half a century under emergency laws
ervices at the headquarters of the Jewish outreach organization Hineni, hosted by Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, were attended by over 300 people. Earlier in the day, a memorial hosted by numerous prominent Jewish organizations—including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, Hillel and Hadassah—saw approximately 1,000 par-
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