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Yasser al-Nabelsi confessed to the Syrian television to killing and mutilating security forces in Nawa. The young man, born in 1983, had already been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison for counterfeiting. He said he was recruited by Sheikh Khami three days after his release from prison.The military operation in Dara’a “nears completion after fulfilling most of its goals,” an unidentified military source told the state news agency SANA yesterday.’’The remaining armed terrorist members who terrorised people and left behind panic, destruction and killing in all neighborhoods were pursued,’’ the source said. ’’Scores were arrested and huge amounts of up-to-date weapons and ammunition in several places were confiscated, which helped bring back the sense of safety to the residents of the city.’’

The Facebook page ‘Syrian Revolution 2011’ called for this Friday to be the ‘Day of Confrontation’ while Syrian authorities make preparations for a possible new wave of demonstrations, reports Lebanese daily Ya Libnan.Meanwhile, a report by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, headquartered in Doha, said sectarian “agitation has reached an advanced stage in mixed areas” but that Syrians in general have not fallen for it.An official media campaign was launched last month with the motto “surround the symbols of sectarian strife.”Refugees continue to cross the borders into Turkey and Lebanon, reports in several foreign media outlets confirm.