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Syria Peace Envoy Begins Tour as Dozens Die in Aleppo
U.S. ISSUES STRONGLY WORDED STATEMENT[An Nahar] Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported dozens of deaths in the northern province of Aleppo Friday, including 12 Kurds killed by regime shelling in the town of Tal-Aran, where nine people were killed on Thursday. The town lies on a strategic route between Aleppo city and Sfeirah, a town under rebel control near a military base where the regime is believed to store some of its chemical arsenal. Elsewhere in the province, the Observatory said at least 20 regime troops and seven rebels were killed after opposition forces attacked an air defense base southwest of Aleppo city. The plight of civilians in the war-torn country prompted a strongly worded statement from the United States, calling on the Syrian regime to give access to humanitarian aid convoys, and warning against further massacres. Posted by: Fred 2013-10-20 |
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