Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Photo: wiki commons.

CNN – Security forces and pro-government militias in Syria assaulted neighborhoods overnight in the flashpoint city of Hama, an opposition activist group reported Wednesday.

The Local Coordination Committees of Syria said the forces, backed by military vehicles and armored tanks, assaulted various locations in Hama — one of the major bastions of Syria’s anti-regime sentiment.

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