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Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-syria-protests-20110828,0,1110840,print.story
Syria Moves to Halt Spread of Unrest into Central Damascus
(Los Angeles Times) Ellen Knickmeyer - Security forces in the Syrian capital increased checkpoints, troop deployments and helicopter patrols Saturday in a bid to keep an overnight surge of antigovernment protests in the suburbs from spreading to the heart of Damascus, a crucial stronghold for President Bashar Assad. The beefed-up deployments came as Iran, Syria's closest ally, for the first time publicly pressed Assad's government to accede to the "legitimate" demands of the Syrian public.