Al Jazeera: Fresh air strikes batter Syria after truce expires
At least 20 government strikes hit Damascus suburbs as UN Security Council calls meeting to discuss escalating violence.
At least 20 Syrian government air strikes have peppered the Damascus suburbs after a temporary truce agreement expired, a monitoring group said.
The strikes targeted areas in Eastern and Western Ghouta after the deal expired at midnight, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Wednesday.
The monitor also reported fighting between rebels and government forces in Deir al-Asafir, an area targeted by the strikes in Eastern Ghouta.
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1 comment:
"As long as Assad is there, the opposition is not going to stop fighting," he said.
So as long as the President stays we're going maintain the weapons traffic to, media and political support for, the "opposition".
How about this.
Mr. Kerry and friends, GCC, Turkey and "Oppositon".You want the fighting to stop?? Stop making obscene demands, lay down your weapons and leave Syria.
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