Politicians and the media in the United States and Europe stepped up demands for direct military intervention in Syria yesterday, as the Syrian army fought to expel US-backed forces from the city of Aleppo.
Syrian army forces reportedly captured much of the Salahuddin neighborhood in southwestern Aleppo, a Sunni-majority neighborhood that was a central base for the groups fighting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Some anti-Assad forces retired north towards the Sakkour district, though some reports stated that they continued to hold parts of Salahuddin.
Several hundred anti-Assad fighters were killed, amid reports that they were running low on ammunition and supplies…
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/aug2012/syri-a10.shtml
Can the rebels (FSA) have popular support? How long before the psychopaths escalate provoking a Chinese and Russian response?
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