This is an August 28 report from a Damascus suburb where the Syrian state army is battling rebel forces. The two-year civil war entered a pivotal phase last... 30.08.2013, Sputnik International
This is an August 28 report from a Damascus suburb where the Syrian state army is battling rebel forces. The two-year civil war entered a pivotal phase last week when Western media reported that state forces allegedly performed a gas attack in the capital, killing hundreds of people. The government quickly denied the allegations and said it had evidence of rebel groups using chemical weapons.
This is an August 28 report from a Damascus suburb where the Syrian state army is battling rebel forces. The two-year civil war entered a pivotal phase last week when Western media reported that state forces allegedly performed a gas attack in the capital, killing hundreds of people. The government quickly denied the allegations and said it had evidence of rebel groups using chemical weapons.
This is an August 28 report from a Damascus suburb where the Syrian state army is battling rebel forces. The two-year civil war entered a pivotal phase last week when Western media reported that state forces allegedly performed a gas attack in the capital, killing hundreds of people. The government quickly denied the allegations and said it had evidence of rebel groups using chemical weapons. Photo: Syrian army soldiers in a Damascus suburb where skirmishes with rebel forces continue.
The Guardian newspaper reported Thursday, citing a claim by a regime loyalist, that at least 8,000 Syrian state soldiers were prepared to act as suicide bombers against American military forces should the US enter the conflict.
Recent media reports of an apparent chemical weapon attack in Damascus spurred American and British talks about further intervention in the conflict. However, despite media reports blaming the Syrian government for the attack, that information has yet to be confirmed by the United Nations, which has sent a team of experts to investigate the incident.
The West has begun talking openly about possible military involvement in the two-year civil war. Photo: Syrian army soldiers loading tanks with ammunition in the Damascus suburb Jobbar, where skirmishes between state and rebel forces continue.
Unlike the relatively calm situation in the Syrian capital, the situation in this suburb remains very tense. All Russian citizens have been requested to leave the area.
The situation in Damascus remains relatively calm. City residents are reportedly already volunteering to serve as human shields around strategic facilities that might be targeted by foreign air strikes.
Russian experts polled by RIA Novosti suggested that Syria would not be attacked by a foreign military power prior to the G20 summit in St. Petersburg.
Syrian army soldiers in Jobbar, a Damascus suburb, where skirmishes between state and rebel forces continue.
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