Tanks have been bombarding Damascus, to try to reverse
relentless gains by rebels since much of President Bashar al-Assad’s
entourage was assassinated. (Reuters)
Syrian forces have launched an all-out assault on opposition strongholds in Damascus, after rebels seized crossings on the Iraq and Turkey borders amid a heavy death toll.
Rebel fighters also clashed with troops in several neighborhoods of Aleppo on Friday in what the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said was the fiercest fighting so far in Syria’s second city.
At the United Nations, the Security Council voted unanimously to give a “final” 30-day extension to a troubled observer mission that was charged with overseeing a peace plan for Syria but which suspended its operations on June 16 in the face of mounting violence.
Friday’s vote followed emergency consultations just hours before the expiry of the 300-strong mission’s mandate, after Russia threatened to use its veto powers as a council permanent member for the second time in as many days.
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