An official of a human rights group describes a `` wave '' of arrests across Syria . At least 117 anti-government activists and intellectuals were arrested , the official says . `` We were able to confirm only 117 ... The country 's official news agency , SANA , published on Monday the names of six police officers who SANA said were killed and 166 others who were injured `` when militants fired at them over the last few days in Daraa , Reef , Damascus , Homs and Latakia . '' The rest are still in detention or have been released without charge.
An official of a human rights group describes a `` wave '' of arrests across Syria . At least 117 anti-government activists and intellectuals were arrested , the official says . `` We were able to confirm only 117 ... The rest are still in detention or have been released without charge.