Syrian security forces continued Tuesday their crackdown on pro-democracy activists in the region of Homs, killing at least seven people, while reports indicated that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is working on creating a new constitution for his country.
Mohammed Said Bkheitan, a senior official in the Syrian ruling Baath Party, said Assad will "decide within two days the creation of a committee to prepare a new constitution." Bkheitan told the state-run Al-Watan newspaper that the committee's work on the issue would be complete by the end of the year. The new document will then be submitted for a referendum, according to Bkheitan.
Meanwhile, the death toll continued to rise. "Heavy shelling was reported in the al-Khalidiyeh area in Homs, as house-to-house searches were being carried by regime thugs for activists," an activist based in Lebanon said earlier. The Organisation of Islamic Co-operation (OIC) warned Tuesday Syria, one of the 57 members of the OIC, about the consequences of its continued use of force against anti-regime protesters. OIC secretary general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in a statement that "the use of force will only lead to more violence and bloodshed, thus exacerbating the crisis and making it more complex."
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