JOIN USTroops also launched assaults on the towns of Douma and Al-Muadamiyah near Damascus, witnesses said, as the head of the UN human rights agency slammed what she said was the Syrian security forces’ disregard for human life.
Amman said Syria sealed off its border with Jordan in a statement quickly denied by a top Syrian customs official.
An activist in Daraa, Abdullah Abazid, told AFP by telephone that Syrian forces were bombarding the town near the Jordanian border with heavy artillery and that “at least 25 martyrs have fallen.”
“There are still bodies sprawled in the streets,” he said as loud explosions and shooting could be heard in the background.“They are pounding the town with heavy artillery and machine guns,” Abazid said, adding that snipers posted on rooftops were also shooting.