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Tens of thousands of peaceful demonstrators march after Friday prayers in cities across Syria to demand the overthrow of the Assad regime. At least 57 protesters are reported killed as security forces respond to the unprecedented challenge with tear gas and bullets.

The website provides documents to the Washington Post showing State Department financing of an anti-government satellite TV channel.The State Department has been secretly financing opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Washington Post reported, citing previously undisclosed diplomatic documents provided to the newspaper by the WikiLeaks website.

Women, children and students took to the streets in Syria on Wednesday, lending their voices to a monthlong uprising that President Bashar Assad insists is the work of a foreign conspiracy.

A mass protest calling for sweeping changes in Syria’s authoritarian regime turned bloody Friday, with the government and protesters both claiming to have sustained heavy casualties in a restive southern city as the country’s three-week uprising entered a dangerous new phase.

Syria's president appointed a new prime minister Sunday, state television reported, as angry protesters gathered for the funeral processions of four demonstrators killed on Friday.

Reuters correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi was released by Syrian authorities on Friday, three days after he was detained in Damascus.

On a stage once commanded by his brutal father, President Bashar Assad blamed foreign conspiracies for Syria's unrest in a national speech Wednesday that sought to steel his family dynasty against a rebellion similar to those that have toppled regimes across the region.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepted the resignation of the government on Tuesday, Syrian state television said.

An "extraordinary number" of security forces flooded Daraa on Monday, patrolling streets and guarding government buildings in an apparent attempt to stave off further protests, a political activist in the city told CNN.

Two Reuters journalists were released by Syrian authorities on Monday, two days after they were detained in Damascus.