May 17, 2011 9:32 AM

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Syria deploys more tanks around villages near Lebanese border

Syria deployed more tanks on Monday around villages near the Lebanese border and the flashpoint city of Daraa, as activists say, the death toll from the crackdown on anti-government protesters, has risen to at least 850. The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria, says violence in the southern villages of Inkhil and Jassem has killed at least 34 people in the past five days. Residents reported tanks patrolling on Monday around the town of Arida, near the Lebanese border and Inkhil, near Daraa.Syrian security forces killed at least seven civilians on Sunday when troops shelled the western city of Talkalakh near the Lebanese border, after hundreds of people fled into Lebanon to escape the crackdown. The exodus into Lebanon peaked over the last three days as the Syrian government intensified forces on the western city.

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