Rebel stronghold near Damascus airport shelled – activists February 22, 2013 - 16:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Activists say Syrian regime forces have shelled rebel strongholds near Damascus International Airport, AP reported. There were no reports of casualties from the shelling, which targeted the towns of Beit Sahm and Shebaa near the main airport road south of the capital. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Local Coordination Committees also reported clashes in rebel strongholds of Daraya and Moadamiyeh, southwest of Damascus. Friday February 22 violence follows a particularly bloody day in the Syrian capital, which was struck by three car bombings, including a suicide blast that killed at least 53 people. Recent rebel advances in the Damascus suburbs, combined with the bombings and three straight days of mortar attacks, mark the most sustained challenge of the civil war for control of the seat of President Bashar Assad's power. Partner news  Top stories U.S. officials say they want to advance efforts to start talks between the Syrian government and opposition leaders. The international conference, backed by Russia and the U.S., aims to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria. Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament.   Partner news |  Latest news Russian envoy presents credentials to Armenian President  President Sargsyan hailed the cooperation in the fields of politics and economy as well as partnership with CSTO and CIS.OSCE MG Co-Chairs to ‘explore ideas’ for Karabakh settlement The Co-Chairs will meet with Foreign Ministers to explore mutually-acceptable approaches to resolving the conflict.Fresno Armenians to commemorate veterans, Genocide victims The services also remember deceased members of the Armenian community in the area, as well as those who died in the Genocide.Van Rompuy: youth unemployment pressing issue for EU Social unrest is rumbling and research has warned of "lost generations" of unemployed people and their children. |
