http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3664811.stm http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/27/world/syria040427 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1083088866320_78498066/?hub=TopStories
One of our friends here is from Damascus. They have been allowed to put a dish on their flat roof which is for Arab-speaking stations. Laurel's over there to see if her family's okay, as wellas what these sources are saying... more to come...
they are, and the location was "confined" to the embassy area. Specifics, even by arab media, are hard to come by; the arab media is battling itself with governmental / police accounts that are inconsistent.