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At least 30 demonstrators have been shot dead by Syrian security forces during pro-democracy protests across the country, an activist has said.
Protests broke out across the country in defiance of a military crackdown which has killed hundreds of people, according to Mustafa Osso.
According to other activists, there were demonstrations across Syria, from Banias on the Mediterranean coast to Qamishli in the Kurdish east.
The protests came a day after US President Barack Obama told Syrian President Bashar al Assad to reform or step down.
And the demostrations were the latest sign the conflict in Syria could be moving toward a long and bloody stalemate.
Some protesters were calling for freedom, the activists said, while others called for "the overthrow of the regime" - the slogan of Arab uprisings which have toppled leaders in Egypt and Tunisia.
With Syrian authorities barring most international media since the protests broke out it has made it hard to verify reports from activists and officials.
Razan Zaitouna, a lawyer, said that eight people were killed in the central city of Homs, the third largest in the Middle East country.
She said that two other people were killed in the town of Sanamin, south of the capital, and in the Barzeh district of Damascus.
In addition she understood that tanks had entered the town of Maaret al Numan, south of Syria's second city Aleppo.
President Obama condemned the crackdown and imposed targeted sanctions against President Assad adding that Syria must move away from "the path of murder and mass arrest".
He said in a speech on Thursday: "The Syrian people have shown their courage in demanding a transition to democracy.
"President Assad now has a choice: He can lead that transition or get out of the way."
Human rights groups say more than 850 people have been killed in the clashes and clampdowns since the uprising against President Assad began two months ago.
SKYNEWS
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