Syrian have troops swept into the city of Hama to break a three-day strike by opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, killing at least 10 people but facing resistance from armed insurgents who destroyed two armoured vehicles, activists said.
Outside the city, army deserters attacked a convoy of military jeeps, killing eight soldiers, they said, adding to a death toll of at least 30 people across the country on Wednesday.
The assault in Hama was the first armoured incursion there since a tank offensive in August crushed huge protests in the city. Activists said troops fired machineguns and ransacked and burnt shops which had closed to mark a mass, open-ended "Strike for Dignity" called by the opposition.
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