Tanks storm southern city, Syria denies mass grave

AMMAN - Villagers near Syria's southern city of Deraa have found two separate graves containing up to 26 bodies, residents said on Tuesday, and tanks stormed a city in the region, cradle of the uprising against Baathist rule. Syria denied the existence of any mass grave near Deraa, saying such reports were part of "campaign of incitement" against authorities tackling a two-month wave of protests against President Bashar al-Assad. But state television quoted an Interior Ministry source as saying five bodies had been found near Deraa, the city where unrest first erupted in March and which troops and tanks stormed last month. It said officials were investigating. Four residents told Reuters...

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