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| NGO: Syrian Forces out to 'Destroy' Rebel Town Rastan |
| 2012-05-18 |
| [An Nahar] Regime forces sent shells crashing into rebel stronghold Rastan early Thursday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, while calling on U.N. observers to rush to the town in central Homs province. "The army is trying to gradually destroy Rastan," Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britannia-based watchdog, told AFP. He added that at least 30 shells smashed into the town in a 10 minute period, and urged United Nations ...When talk is your weapon it's hard to make yourself heard over the sound of artillery... monitors, deployed to observe a truce that has been violated daily, to immediately visit Rastan. Encircled by the army and defended by the largest concentration of rebel soldiers in the country, Rastan has for several months been the focus of an offensive by the regime as it attempts to regain control of the town. On Monday, the U.N. Supervisory Mission in Syria (UNMIS) reported heavy fighting ... as opposed to the more usual light or desultory fighting... near Rastan, where activists said at least 23 soldiers and seven civilians died in fierce festivities between government forces and rebels. Elsewhere Thursday, two blasts rocked the neighborhoods of al-Jamila and al-Furqan in Aleppo ...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins... , while other kabooms were heard across the northern city early morning. There were no immediate reports of casualties, the Observatory said. In Damascus ...The place where Pencilneck hangs his brass hat... province, regime forces carried out raids in the suburbs of Irbin and Kanakar, where three people were locked away You have the right to remain silent... And in the town of al-Qatifa, festivities broke out after midnight after the defection of several soldiers from an army center. Regime troops also stormed several neighborhoods in the southern city of Daraa "in an attempt to break a general strike" in progress. The sound of gunfire was also reported, according to the Observatory. In Khan Sheikhun in the northwest province of Idlib, one civilian died of wounds sustained during an attack on the town Tuesday. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britannia-based watchdog Perfidious Albionate. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-05-18 08:06 |