Syria Protesters Stage Nationwide Strike -- Christian Science Monitor
Syria protesters have organized a 'desperate' last act of civil disobedience to try to stop the Assad regime's nine-month crackdown.
Antigovernment activists in Syria are staging a nationwide workers' strike in an effort to topple the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, even as fighting continues across the country and the key Syrian opposition city of Homs faces a looming invasion.
Al Jazeera English reports that opposition leaders claimed to have used a a massive workers' strike to shut down large portions of the capital and other towns in an effort to continue topple the government crackdown through nonviolent means.
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Defectors Fight Syrian Troops As Opposition Begins General Strike -- Voice of America
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General strike launched in Syria amid fierce clashes -- L.A. Times
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