At least three people are believed to have been killed by security forces in the Syrian city of Latakia. <br /><br />The protesters on Saturday were calling for reform, but Buthaina Shabaan, an adviser to president Bashar Al-Assad, said the protests are a plan to exploit sectarian divides. She did not say who was behind the alleged plot.<br /><br />The government reportedly freed over 200 political prisoners on Saturday. <br /><br />Protests in Daraa have been going on for over a week and have spread to other parts of the country. In Latakia, snipers were said to be targeting protesters. <br /><br />In Tafas, people set fire to the office of the ruling Baath party and in Sanamin, security cracked down on protesters on Friday's Day of Dignity. <br /><br />Please be aware that some of the images in this report may be disturbing. Al Jazeera's Gerald Tan reports.
