The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 10, 2011 Syrian Opposition Calls for General Strike ------------------------------------------- In Syria, the opposition Syrian National Council has called for a general strike today in protest of the Assad regime's deadly crackdown in Homs. More than 100 people have reportedly been killed after Syrian forces launched a new attack on Homs last week. .