Syria: Five activists shot dead as regime claims "terrorist ambush" killed four security men

Syria's security forces opened fire on Monday during a ackdown on opposition activists in the town of Houla in central Homs province, activists said. "Five residents, including a woman, were shot dead on Monday by security forces, who have been conducting a sweep in Houla since Sunday," the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said in a statement, quoted by AFP.

Meanwhile, a 26-year-old man died of his injuries on Monday after being among a group of people whom security forces shot at the night before in the town of Irbin, near Damascus, the activist group said earlier.

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