BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria’s rebels shelled an airport near Aleppo on
Thursday in what was described as one of the first known instances of
insurgents using captured heavy weapons, as opposition activists warned
that fighting for the city, the country’s main commercial center, would
likely intensify.
A Syrian activist said President Bashar al-Assad’s army appeared to be preparing for an all-out assault.
“We have seen military reinforcements making their way to Aleppo,” said
Abou Firas, an activist in Aleppo using a satellite Internet connection
because telephone and Internet service from the city was cut off. “We
were worried about massacres but now we are issuing a warning about a
war of extermination to be launched by the regime.”
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