In the western city of Homs, a hotbed of anti-government and government-led repression, shelling and firing continued, with at least five dead and four wounded, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

A day earlier, the violence has killed at least 23 people, activists said.

In Aleppo, Syria’s largest city and economic center, residents took to the streets in demonstrations against the government after the morning prayer of Eid, according to the local coordinating committees of Syria – a network of activists the opposition.

In the southern city of Dara, where the troubles began in March, security forces fired into the air to disperse the crowd and prevent demonstrated after prayers, the group said.

In Hama, one person died when security forces opened fire on a protest after prayers, activists said.

CNN could not verify the reports. Severe restrictions on the media in Syria have made it difficult to verify the events on the ground.

Eid al-Adha, which commemorates the willingness of Muslim prophet Ibraham sacrifice his son to God, is one of the two major holidays of Islam. The other, Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.

Under normal circumstances, the chances are marked by the prayers of the gay community, acts of charity, visiting distant relatives, giving gifts and holiday details.

However, Syria is in the middle of a survey of nearly eight months that began with a call for elections and to end abuses by security forces, but turned it calls for the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad.
Despite the brutal repression of the government, the protests continued.

On Saturday, violence killed at least 28 dead, adding to a death toll rose to more than 3800, the LCC said.

The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency, as the figure on Saturday at age 22, and stated that the “martyrs” were killed by “armed terrorists” – a term that the state has used to describe the anti -Government demonstrators.

Al-Assad and other officials have blamed the violence on outside forces trying to undermine the rule of 40 years of the president’s family.

Imad Mustafa, Syria’s ambassador in Washington, told Syrian television on Saturday that the U.S. is to encourage unrest in their country for political advantage.

Last week, Syria has promised that the Arab League to withdraw its forces once again, the release of prisoners and allow outside observers into the country, but opposition activists say it has not happened .

Syria has made previous commitments to withdraw forces from civilian areas, but in some of these cases, only the retirement of armored units and infantry left in place, or returned after a brief retirement.

He also made other moves designed to defuse the crisis, including plans to draft a new constitution, but failed to appease the protesters.

The current violence has led to the Arab League on Saturday to warn of a regional crisis if the Syrian government does not fulfill its promises.

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