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Syrian soldiers shot for refusing to fire on protesters
Witnesses told al-Jazeera that Syrian troops who refused to fire on their fellow citizens were shot. Witnesses told al-Jazeera and the BBC that some soldiers had refused to shoot after the army moved into Banias in the wake of intense protests on Friday.Human rights monitors named Mourad Hejjo, a conscript from Madaya village, as one of those shot by security snipers. "His family and town