Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates August 22, 2012



Syria Resumes Shelling On Damascus Districts -- Al Jazeera

Tanks and helicopters launch deadly strikes in southern areas of the capital as rebel fighters return.

The Syrian army has deployed tanks on a ring road surrounding Damascus and shelled southern neighbourhoods where rebels operate, the heaviest bombardment in the capital since the army reasserted control last month, residents and activists said.

At least 40 people were killed in the shelling, which was accompanied by attacks from helicopters, and in ensuing ground raids on the Kfar Souseh, Daraya, Qadam and Nahr Aisha neighbourhoods, they said.

"The whole of Damascus is shaking with the sound of shelling," a woman in Kfar Souseh said.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria crisis: shelling in Damascus - live updates
-- The Guardian
Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera

Syrian army batters parts of Damascus, 47 killed -- Reuters
Rebels Say Syria Using Fear Tactics in Damascus -- New York Times
Syrian Forces Shell Damascus Districts -- Wall Street Journal
Syrian tanks bombard Damascus -- Irish Times
Syria army steps up Damascus, Aleppo strikes -- Business Recorder
Assad's regime steps up use of air power -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Syrian rebels fight on for Aleppo despite local wariness -- The Guardian
Aleppo burns as shells fall again on shattered city -- Aleppo
Syria: Rebels claim they control two-thirds of Aleppo -- The Telegraph
Assad's forces hammer Aleppo -- Sydney Morning Herald
No feeling of liberation in rebel-held Syrian town -- Reuters
Traders eke out living in Aleppo as fighting rages -- AFP
Syria's minorities drawn into conflict -- BBC
UN says Iran arms to Syria violate UN sanctions -- Miami Herald/AP
Syrian Forces Abandon Security Compounds on Iraq Border -- New York Times/Reuters

Syria tells Russia it will not use chemical arms-report -- Reuters
Chemical weapons 'excuse for US to intervene in Syria' -- BBC
Russia, US spar over threat posed by Syria's chemical weapons -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama’s ‘red line’ warning to Syria on chemical arms draws criticism -- Washington Post
Syrian minister warns US against intervention -- Stars and Stripes/AP

'They snipe at us then run and hide in sewers' -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
UN leaves Syria to its bloody fate -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
Fissures spreading throughout Syria -- Eden Naby and Jamsheed K. Choksy, Gulf News/Los Angeles Times
The U.S. must keep speed up its aid to the Syrian opposition -- Washington Post editorial

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