In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).

シリアの抗議行動は3月半ば、政治犯の家族がダマスカスで集会を開き、ダルアーの人々が反体制的な落書きのために12名以上の子どもたちの逮捕に反対抗議した後に、緊張感が高まった。
Protests in Syria have intensified since mid-March after families of political prisoners held rallies in Damascus and people in Daraa protested against the arrests of more than a dozen children for anti-regime graffiti.

タリバンが、その攻撃の責任を主張するグループであった。
The Taliban was the group that claimed responsibility for the attack.

イスラエルの最高裁判所は、2003年にバラド党を追放する同様の試みを破棄しており、金曜日までに昨日の投票にも適用されるべきだ。

Israel's High Court of Justice reversed a similar attempt to ban Balad in 2003, and has until Friday to rule on yesterday's votes.