Protesters burn gov. buildings

Protesters set fire to offices of the ruling party Saturday in southern and western Syria, burning tires and attacking cars and shops in a religiously mixed city on the Mediterranean coast, according to accounts by government officials, activists and witnesses.

Officials said at least two people were killed.

Presidential adviser Bouthaina Shaaban told reporters that demonstrators attacked a police station and offices of the Baath party in the town of Tafas, six miles north of the city of Daraa, epicenter of more than a week of anti-government protests.

In the city of Latakia, dozens of people protested before attacking the Baath offices, said Ammar Qurabi, an exile in Egypt who heads Syria’s National Organization for Human Rights.

A Syrian activist in touch with protesters in Latakia said hundreds had been demonstrating there since Friday, burning tires and shouting “Freedom!” Protesters were attacking cars and shops, the activist said.

I bet Iran is not happy with this.