Michael Slackman Liam Stack New York Times

Syria was tense and angry on Saturday as protesters set fire to a ruling party office, mourners buried the dead and the president announced the release of political prisoners, one day after government forces opened fire, again, on unarmed demonstrators.After more than a week of protests and 61 confirmed killed by government forces, there appeared n...

Syria was tense and angry on Saturday as protesters set fire to a ruling party office, mourners buried the dead and the president announced the release of political prisoners, one day after government forces opened fire, again, on unarmed demonstrators.After more than a week of protests and 61 confirmed killed by government forces, there appeared n...