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Security forces opened fire Tuesday at Baida, a village near the city of Banias in northwestern Syria, besieged by the army for three days and completely cut off from the outside after bloody clashes last weekend.

Security forces and gunmen fired indiscriminately at Baida, according to a witness. "There is a hail of gunfire in Baida" and at least two people were injured, one witness told AFP.

"The security forces entered the village and conducted house searches. Several men were arrested," he added. "The target is probably Anas al Shuhri stop," one of the leaders of the protest movement, said a human rights activist.

Syria is the scene of a protest movement against the power from 15 March. Clashes left, witnesses said, a thirty deaths, especially in Deraa (southwest) and Banias, between Friday and Sunday, despite promises of reform of the regime of Bashar Al Asad.

A Facebook page launched a call to rally on Tuesday in Syria in a day of "loyalty to the martyrs, the wounded and prisoners." "The police and army remain near Banias, and we know what we prepare. There is a shortage of bread in the city, electricity is cut off and most of the time they are also telephone lines, said on Tuesday Anas Al Shuhri AFP.

According to Yasser, a witness, "are the security forces who killed Banias military because they refused to attack the city." On Sunday, security forces opened fire, especially in front of mosques in Banias, killing at least four dead and 17 wounded.

The official SANA agency said in turn that ambushed a military convoy on a road had caused nine deaths Banias. The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Syrian security forces have prevented medical personnel who care for the injured demonstrators in at least two Syrian towns.

The authorities, meanwhile, reacted harshly to the growing protests, and accused "provocateurs" of trying to fuel the discord. On 9 April, the Interior Ministry expressed its determination to "confront" armed groups "shot without discrimination" against both protesters and against the security forces.

Official media reported on Tuesday for those who cause "unrest, disorder and discord (...) at a time when Syria began to solve problems and act for change and reform."