Fighting intensifies in Syrian capital
By The Week Staff | July 17, 2012
A damaged vehicle at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Damascus, where dozens of Syrians, mostly civilians, were killed Friday.
REUTERS
O
pposition activists say fierce fighting erupted for a third day in the Syrian capital Tuesday and that a major battle for the key city is on the horizon. "The battle for Damascus is coming," says a former Syrian army colonel who defected to join the rebel fighters. An opposition group reports that 97 people were killed in Syria on Monday. On Tuesday in Moscow, U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin; Russia is a member of the U.N. Security Council, and, along with China, it has used its power to veto some of the toughest resolutions against President Bashar al-Assad and his regime.
MOST READ
MOST SHARED
- My husband embezzled — and I went to jail
- Christians in the Arab world: A guide
- Why are there two pronunciations for the letter 'G'?
- 32 TV shows to watch in 2013 [Updated]
- Before Midnight is the most important cinematic love story of all time
- A linguistic dissection of 7 annoying teenage sounds
- My husband has a small penis. Help!
- Happy Memorial Day: Your BBQ grill may have more germs than a toilet seat
- The week's best of the internet
- Want to make money off Bitcoin mining? Hint: Don't mine
- My husband embezzled — and I went to jail
- A linguistic dissection of 7 annoying teenage sounds
- Christians in the Arab world: A guide
- Happy Memorial Day: Your BBQ grill may have more germs than a toilet seat
- 10 things you need to know today: May 25, 2013
- Before Midnight is the most important cinematic love story of all time
- Why babies in every country on Earth say 'mama'
- Operation Swill: New Jersey's top-shelf liquor scam
- What happened to the victims in these 3 iconic Boston Marathon bombing photos?
- Are we on the cusp of a solar energy boom?
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
|
|
||
