AMMAN (Reuters) - Protests against President Bashar al-Assad re-erupted across Syria on Friday despite a military crackdown and a pledge that Assad's tycoon cousin, an object of hatred for demonstrators, would renounce his business empire.
Activists said tens of thousands of people rallied in the southern province of Deraa, cradle of the three-month revolt against Assad's rule, the Kurdish east, the cities of Homs and Hama north of Damascus, and suburbs of the capital itself.
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