Salam Hafez
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Activist hopes sectarian warfare will be avoided despite regime's manipulation of minority fears.
Activists warn regime could step up its campaign to crush protest movement following pressure from Arab League.
Allegations that Lebanese administration has helped Damascus pursue opposition activists.
Syrian activists want to arm army defectors but opposition coalition body fears this might delegitimise uprising.
Many Syrian activists have denounced the Arab League call for talks as effectively a green light for Assad to attempt to crush will of demonstrators.
Homs activist describes the hardships and hopes of local protestors.
Syrian Free Army say intervention would prompt large-scale defections from government forces.
Now the army has withdrawn, they say they will revive their anti-government protests.