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| Thursday, January
26, 2012, 11:33 AM |
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| Syrian
army is fighting with armored vehicles against the rebels in the city of
Hama. |
The
Syrian army is fighting in the rebellious city center of Hama using heavy
weapons like rocket launchers and armoured vehicle. According to opponents
of Assad, 4000 soldiers of the Syrian armed forces were deployed.
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Syrian army defectors patrol a street in Homs province, central Syria,
on Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012.
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In
the country, several civilians and a Christian religious were killed.
The priest was murdered by a terrorist group according to the official
SANA news agency. But anti-regime activists say he was killed by Syrian
soldiers.
Government forces clashed with army defectors and stormed rebellious districts
in central Syria on Wednesday, firing mortars and deploying snipers in
violence that killed at least seven people, including a mother and her
5-year-old child, activists said.
It comes as pressure increases on the United Nations to draft fresh sanctions
against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Russia’s
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country, which holds a veto in
the UN Security Council, remained opposed to sanctions and any possible
military intervention.
“A
fourth essential element of any (UN) resolution is the firm statement
that this resolution may not be used to – cannot be interpreted
to – justify any kind of outside military intervention in Syria,”
said Sergei Lavrov.
Nonetheless,
following the decision of the Gulf members of the Arab League to end their
part in its monitoring mission, the UN Security Council could vote as
early as next week on a draft resolution that calls on President Assad
to stand down and transfer his powers to his deputy. |
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A Syrian army defector, takes his position as he holds his launcher of
a rocket-propelled grenade, or RPG during a patrol in Homs province, central
Syria, on Wednesday Jan. 25, 2012. |
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