Damascus, Jumada Al-Awwal 05, 1432, April 9, 2011, SPA -- The Syrian Interior Ministry said Saturday it will face down what it described as "armed groups" firing on demonstrators and inciting strife in the country. "We will not allow acts of sabotage and harming national unity and destabilizing the foundations of Syrian policy," said the ministry in a statement carried by the official SANA news agency. "These people have infiltrated the ranks of the demonstrators to sow discord between the citizens and the security forces," it added. "They have set fire to public institutions, attacked soldiers and security agents who refrained from opening fire, which caused a large number of dead and wounded among them," the statement said. On Friday, SANA said 19 members of the security forces were killed and 75 were injured by "armed groups" in the southern city of Daraa. --SPA 14:07 LOCAL TIME 11:07 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/881889