Syrian destruction is as shocking as Dresden

Subject: Syrian destruction is as shocking as Dresden Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:32 pm

Tension has escalated in Damascus as clashes between the Syrian army and rebels near the city centre extended into a third day, with government forces throwing a security cordon around some embattled neighbourhoods, firing from helicopters and reinforcing the number of tanks on the streets.

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The urban combat overshadowed diplomacy aimed at halting the Syria conflict, which intensified before a United Nations Security Council vote scheduled overnight in New York on whether to extend the mission of 300 UN monitors, who have basically been trapped in their hotel rooms by the violence since last month, their work suspended.

There was also evidence, reported by Israel's intelligence chief, Major-General Aviv Kochavi, that Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, was moving troops into Damascus from Syria's border with the disputed Golan Heights territory held by Israel, a possible sign of the seriousness of the fighting in neighbourhoods at Mr Assad's doorstep.

The epicentre of the Damascus fighting remained an area in the capital's south-west where street battles first erupted in Sunday, particularly the Midan neighbourhood where rebel fighters concentrated after Assad's forces chased them from surrounding quarters.
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''Regime forces are threatening to bombard the whole area and telling civilians to evacuate their houses,'' a spokesman for an activist group said.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/assad-orders-more-troops-to-damascus-as-fight-for-control-intensifies-20120718-22afn.html#ixzz212HWwipg

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Syrian destruction is as shocking as Dresden

Syrian destruction is as shocking as Dresden

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