Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Syria - Regime Under Increased Pressure


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Update on July 25:

Government troops and rebels are preparing a decisive battle for Aleppo, Syria's most populated town. Meanwhile fighting is going on in Damascus and Al-Rastan (Homs province) [Al-Jazeera News]

Here are some remarkable TV screenshots:


Shelling of Al-Rastan by government troops (left) and traces of fighting in Derisur (right).


Doctor in a hospital treating rebel fighters (left) and rebel camp in Idlib (right).

Chinese source: Russia is urging the Syrian government not to move its chemical weapons, expecting the Syrian side to act according to their responsibility. [Russia's ministry of foreign affairs on July 24]

Different Western sources: Israel is threatening the Assad regime to resort to military action if biological and chemical weapons are being transferred to Hezbollah. Israel's minister of foreign affairs Liberman confirmed his country's position on an annual meeting of the European-Israeli contact group in Brussels.

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Al-Arabiya, Arabic website, on July 23, 2012:

مجلس قيادة الثورة: الجرحى بالعشرات إثر تدخل قوات النظام سجن حمص

Council of Command for the Revolution:
Tens wounded after troops of the regime enter the prison of Homs.

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Al-Arabiya, Arabic website, on July 24, 2012:

مجزرة جديدة في سجن خلب على يد النظام والحصيلة مقتل 15 سجيناً

New massacre in a prison, [fallen into] the hands of the regime, produced a death rate of 15 prisoners.


BREAKING NEWS

الجيش الحر يتهم الأسد بنقل سلاح كيميائي إلى الحدود

The Liberation Army accuses Assad of moving a chemical weapon to the border.

Additional news from Al-Jazeera TV, Arabic channel, on July 24, 2012:

الرائيس الأميركي يحذر النظام السوري من مغبة استخدام الأسلحة الكيماوية و باريس تعتبر استخدامها غير مقبول

America's president is warning the Syrian regime on the consequences of using chemical weapons while Paris is considering the possibility of own consequences.




إعدامات ميدانية في المزة بدمشق بطرق انتقامية

[On-the-spot] executions in [the outskirts] of Damascus as blows of revenge.


مسلحون لبنانيون في البقاع يخطفون سوريين للمبادلة

Armed Lebanese [in different places] are seizing Syrians for an exchange.

[Editor's comment: In the past, Syrian military has repeatedly crossed the Lebanese border in order to follow and capture Syrian citizens fleeing their country. There were as well reports of encroachment on Lebanese citizens during such incursions.]

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Al-Jazeera TV on July 23, 2012:

Border Crossings to Turkey under Rebel Control:





Above: Omar Khashram reporting from the passway to the Portal of Peace that is leading to the border between Syria and Turkey.

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Arabic Nations Urging Assad to Step Down:


Above: Qatar's PM and Foreign Minister, as a spokesman for the Arabic Nations he is offering Assad a safe retreat from power.

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