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Syrian army 'bombs Palestine Hospital'
[Ma'an] Forces loyal to Syrian  Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... on Thursday bombed a hospital in Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... ' Yarmouk refugee camp, Paleostinian sources told Ma'an. Sources in the camp told Ma'an that that there have been heavy festivities between Assad's troops and opposition forces around the Paleostine hospital since Monday morning, and that Assad's forces shelled the building twice on Thursday causing a huge fire. Paleostinians in Yarmouk told Ma'an that the Syrian army was targeting the hospital because medics were treating maimed from all sides, while Assad's regime only allowed its soldiers to be treated. They added that fighting in Yarmouk was intensifying daily, and that the number of Paleostinians killed was rising dramatically in camps across Damascus and in Daraa and Halab. A resident of Yarmouk told Rooters on Thursday that the army seemed to be targeting sites on the edges of the camp, firing shells every minute. The bombardment started around 7 a.m. and was still going three hours later. Yarmouk is the largest Paleostinian refugee camp in Syria. Damascus and Syria's second biggest city, 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... , came under shell fire on Thursday as Assad's forces stepped up efforts to crush rebels threatening the government's two main power centers. One of the most senior figures to defect from Assad's inner circle, Brigadier General Manaf Tlas, put himself forward as someone who could help unite the fragmented opposition inside and outside Syria on a blueprint for a transfer of power. A kaboom that killed four of Assad's closest lieutenants last week prompted predictions among his enemies that the 46-year-old president's time in power was drawing to a close. But in the days that have followed that attack, Assad's forces have noticeably toughened their response to the armed revolt, with fixed-wing combat aircraft seen in action over Aleppo and rebel fighters said by opposition sources to have been summarily executed on the streets of Damascus. Military experts believe an overstretched Syrian army is pulling back to concentrate on Aleppo and Damascus, while leaving outlying areas in the hands of rebels. In its most recent comment on the fighting, state-run Syrian television said on Wednesday that government troops were imposing security and stability in and around Aleppo. Assad himself has not spoken in public in more than a week since the Damascus kaboom on his inner circle, confining himself to appearing at formal televised events. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-07-27 |
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