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Brussels (Reuters)-Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, the Monday, confirmed, Moscow did not attempt to smuggle the weapons components to Syria through the Scandinavian countries Finland, after it last week captured parts of the tank that was reportedly sent to Syria from Russia.

The origin and destination of the cargo in question reported the country's transport operators, Finnline, Friday.

Lavrov also said Russia's Government agencies that control the country's only weapons exporter, Rosoboronexport, has nothing to do with the equipment.

"There is no cargo on board, the Government and so we are trying to investigate this report back," said Lavrov, speaking at a meeting with his colleagues from Northern Europe in Brussels.

Finland customs reported last week, is investigating the origins of a container filled with tank spare parts dismantled from one ship in the port of Vuosaari, Helsinki, on Jan.

Finnline said it contained military equipment container, but does not identify its owners.

Rosoboronexport refused to comment on the freighter Finnline, but it has previously confirmed that it was shipping military equipment to Syria in accordance with existing contracts.

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Syria tanks 'attack central town'

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26 September 2011 Last updated at 07:26 GMT Homs province has been a hotbed of dissent against President Assad's rule Syrian tanks have bombarded a strategic town in the restive central province of Homs overnight, injuring three people, activists and residents say.

Troops fired with machine guns mounted on tanks in the town of al-Rastan on the main road north to Turkey.

Homs province is a major flashpoint in the seven-month conflict, with army defectors backing protesters opposed to President Bashar al-Assad's rule.

More than 2,700 people have died in the crackdown, the UN says.

A resident of al-Rastan told Reuters news agency there were about 60 tanks and armoured vehicles to the east of the town.

Activists have reported an offensive on towns and villages in Homs province, where a large number of soldiers are said to have defected to the opposition.

Reports on Sunday said security forces killed 12 people in Qusseir, another town in the province.

Continue reading the main story Lyse Doucet BBC News, Damascus

Business is suffering, there are virtually no tourists here. In the city centre, there is no visible security presence, but you know the eyes are everywhere, in plainclothes intelligence agents.

In other uprisings across the Arab world, capturing the strategic centre of the capital was critical.

That hasn't happened yet in Damascus. The president's opponents say it's just a matter of time. His supporters say he's the only leader for Syria, a man who will stay in power, and it seems, at whatever the cost. Those in the middle, uncertain, are just worried about what the future will hold.

Events from Syria are hard to verify as international journalists have been largely prevented from reporting there, but the BBC's Lyse Doucet has just arrived in Damascus.

She says it is extremely hard to get people to talk about politics, except for those who still defend the president.

Mr Assad still has some support, she adds, but the brutal crackdown against protests in the suburbs, and in cites and villages outside Damascus is diminishing that base.

The EU and the US have both imposed sanctions on Syria's regime.

The US has urged the UN Security Council to impose sanctions.

Syria blames the violence on "terrorists" and "armed gangs".

BBC's Lyse Doucet has been given access and sent this exclusive report from the capital, Damascus

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Syrian tanks pound rebel town near Homs, 3 injured

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AMMAN | Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:09pm EDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian tanks pounded a town on a strategic highway overnight, injuring at least three people during a military crackdown on dissent in the central region of Homs, activists and residents said on Monday.

Homs has become a major flashpoint between troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and army defectors, backing pro-democracy protesters demanding the president's overthrow.

Three inhabitants of al-Rastan were injured when pro-Assad forces opened fire with heavy machine guns mounted on the tanks surrounding the town, on the main northern highway leading to Turkey, said residents.

"There are around 60 tanks and armored vehicles on the eastern edge of Rastan alone. All communications are cut and the firing is being directed at the street and buildings," Abu Qassem, a resident of al-Rastan, told Reuters by satellite phone.

Activists have reported a military push into towns and villages north of the city of Homs, 100 miles north of Damascus, where increasing numbers of defectors have been organizing and mounting guerrilla raids on loyalist posts.

Faced with expanding street protests demanding an end to 41 years of Assad family rule, the president has sent troops and tanks into cities and towns across the country.

The military crackdown has killed at least 2,700 people, including 100 children, according to the United Nations.

Syrian authorities say 700 police and army have been killed during the unrest which they blame on "terrorists" and "mutineers."

Assad has said foreign powers are using the unrest to divide Syria, and added any state would use similar techniques to end a revolt.

Homs, together with the northwestern province of Idlib on the border with Turkey, has traditionally provided the bulk of majority Sunni foot soldiers in the military, which is effectively commanded by Assad's brother Maher and led by officers from Assad's minority Alawite sect.

The two regions have seen some of the biggest street protests against Assad in the last few weeks.

Troops earlier stormed the villages of Za'faraneh and Deir al-Jin, between Rastan and the town of Talbiseh to the south, local activists said, adding that there was no immediate information on casualties.

Syria's crackdown protests has sparked international outrage and rebukes from Syria's powerful northern neighbor Turkey, once among Assad's keenest backers.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told CNN in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Bashar will be ousted "sooner or later" by his own people.

"You can never remain in power through cruelty. You can never stand before the will of the people," Erdogan said.

Activists said a surgeon, Hassan Eid, was assassinated in Homs on Sunday. The official Syrian news agency said Eid was killed by "an armed terrorist group."

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