Syria Protests: Six Killed

Witnesses said the protests occurred in many cities despite Syrian troops have been deployed in large numbers.

Six people were killed - five on one in Hama and Homs - detained a prominent dissident, (05/06/2011).

"Five bodies were taken in the area of ​​Bab al-Sibaa [Homs]. Many protesters were injured," said one activist.

Riyad Sayf, who had imprisoned dissidents for years on charges of "weakening the national spirit", was arrested.

In Damascus, hundreds of security forces, mostly wearing civilian clothes stood guard outside the mosque of al-Hassan in Midan district in downtown, said a reliable source told BBC.

Meanwhile, troops and tanks pulled from Deraa in the southern city, where a group of human rights activists say the security forces to "massacre" for 10 days.