After the reported buildup, top US military officer, General Martin Dempsey, said any intervention in Syria would be "very difficult" and that it was "premature" to arm the unrest-swept country s opposition movement. And China s influential People s Daily warned any Western support for Syria s rebels would lead a "large-scale civil war." Two warships from Iran, a key backer of the Syrian regime, docked at the port of Tartus, Tehran s state television reported on Monday, adding that their crew would train Syrian sailors. Iran s navy chief, Admiral Habibollah Sayari, said on Saturday that the ships, a destroyer and supply vessel, had passed through the Suez Canal to show the Islamic republic s military "might." In Damascus, regime forces remained on alert after two days of large and unexpected protests, and after a call for a "day of defiance" was observed in restive neighbourhoods, according to activists. Meanwhile, the Syrian authorities freed blogger Razan Ghazzawi, symbol of an 11-month uprising, and six other female activists arrested last week, human rights lawyer Anwar Buni said. The women were released on Saturday, but were ordered to report to police daily in order to continue their questioning, he said. They were part of a group of 14 activists people arrested Thursday in a raid on the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, a group headed by rights activist Mazen Darwish.
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