Syrian Forces Kill 15 amid Clashes with Defectors in Idlib
Syrian security forces on Wednesday killed thirteen people across the country, “including two army deserters, two women and a man who died under torture,” activists said.
Nine people were killed in the central opposition bastion Homs, two in the restive countryside around Damascus, one in the northwestern province of Idlib and another in the northern province of Aleppo, the Local Coordination Committees, the main activist group spurring protests on ground, said.
Meanwhile, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said security forces and pro-regime militias killed two civilians in Idlib province, adding that a soldier died during clashes with army defectors in the same region.
The United Nations says that 5,400 people have been killed by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime since protests erupted in March.
Damascus routinely blames the violence in Syria on "armed groups" and "terrorists" backed by foreign powers pursuing an agenda of regime change.
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im actually glad Russia is acting as stupid as general Aoun of lebanon: since when did Russian support for regime against rebels succeeded?? in Afghanistan!? where they used all their weaponry and killed a million people and YET lost their USSR and the puppet government along with it? what can the Russians really do for BashaR?? to hell with the security council, can Bashar save the Syrian economy from imminent collapse?? what would be the size of mutiny in the army 6 months from now?? a small town like zabadani and bab amro are giving the Assad army such a hard time.. can you imagine what a safe zone and proper arming of rebels would do to Assad? And even if a civl war does erupt, who would you think would ultimately win?? check the numebrs and do the math.. in civil wars tne majority ALWAYS wins.. matter of time. Either way Bashar is doomeed.. we just hope the world intervenes and saves the 100 thousand Syrians that are gona die in the process
Judgment day is coming soon for the Syrian Butcher and his cronies.