Syrian rebels threaten to shell government forces over prisoners' revolt

[WorldNews]

Syrian rebel groups threatened on Friday to shell government forces if Damascus did not meet the demands of inmates staging a revolt in a prison in the west of the country, and the main opposition warned of a "massacre" by troops surrounding the jail. Inmates in the city of Hama's main prison rioted on Monday and seized a number of guards in protest against the attempted transfer of some prisoners to a military jail near Damascus, and after trials were postponed, a monitoring group said. The Syrian interior ministry has denied "reports ... about Hama central prison", without elaborating.

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