Monitors probe Syria protester death claims

ARAB League monitors investigated activist claims that government troops in Hama fired at thousands of unarmed protesters and killed at least six.

Though President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has made concessions to the observers, including the release of 800 prisoners yesterday, the military is pressing ahead with a violent campaign to put down mostly peaceful protests.

Activists said at least 39 people have been killed in the two days since the monitors began work.