Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Civil War In Syria -- News Updates October 2, 2012



Syria's Assad Tours Aleppo, Orders More Troops Into Battle-Paper -- Reuters

Oct 2 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is visiting the city of Aleppo to take a first-hand look at the fighting between government forces and rebels and has ordered 30,000 more troops into the battle, a Lebanese paper said on Tuesday.

Al-Diyar newspaper, which is known for its pro-Assad stance, said the president had flown by helicopter at dawn from the presidential palace in Damascus to Aleppo.

It did not specify what day the trip started but said that Assad was still in Aleppo. The visit was decided on after reports that the situation in the city, Syria's largest and its commercial center, had become very serious.

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More News On Syria's Civil War

Syria Live Blog -- Al Jazeera
Syria crisis: Hezbollah commander 'killed in Homs' - Tuesday 2 October 2012 -- The Guardian

Syrian capital sees renewed violence -- Al Jazeera
Activists Report Continued Syria Shelling Amid UN Concerns -- Voice of America
Shells rock rebel bastions in Damascus -- Sydney Morning Herald
Syrian army pushing rebels out of Damascus, activists say -- Kansas City/McClatchy News
Activists: Syrian Government Air Strike Kills 21 in Northern Town
-- Voice of America
Civilians plead with Syrian fighters
-- Al Jazeera
Syrian State TV Lashes Out at Hamas Leader, Calling Him a Traitor -- New York Times
Syrian foreign minister: Assad can’t stop the violence -- Washington Post
Opposition: No Syrian is willing to talk with the 'killers' in the government -- CNN
Syrian Christians feel pull from both sides in civil war -- Washington Times
Syria’s Kurds prepare for life after Assad -- Washington Post/Financial Times
Russia tells NATO to stay away from Syria -- Reuters
Syria siege on Aleppo alarms antiquities experts -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Syria: more UN assembly speeches, one less UNESCO site -- Christian Science Monitor
UN general assembly ends with no resolution on Syria dispute -- FOX News/AP
No Syria solution in sight at UN General Assembly -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Syria’s Assad misses his Islamist terrorist friends
-- Matt Gurney, National Post



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