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Syrian tanks storm central town, 10 wounded-witness

by Reuters
Monday, 30 May 2011 12:49 GMT

AMMAN, May 30 (Reuters) - Syrian tanks stormed the town of Talbiseh on Monday after a one-day siege and at least 10 people were wounded, a resident said, in an expanding military campaign in central Syria to crush dissent against Baathist rule.

"Shelling began at five in the morning, concentrating on a hill in the middle of the town," said the witness, a resident of Talbiseh who managed to leave the town. (Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, editing by Tim Pearce)

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