After 150 deaths in two Syrian cities, US accuses Assad of “full-on warfare” « THE BLACK KETTLE

After 150 deaths in two Syrian cities, US accuses Assad of “full-on warfare” « THE BLACK KETTLE

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After 150 deaths in two Syrian cities, US accuses Assad of “full-on warfare”

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No Arab ruler before him has gone to the bloody lengths Syrian President Bashar Assad went Sunday, July 31, on the eve of Ramadan on Aug. 1, to snuff out the five month-long protest against his regime. Before dawn, troops and tanks, indiscriminately blasting city streets with cannon, rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, stormed the two most active centers of resistance. By evening, the 4th division had killed 130 people and left 1,000 injured in Hama in the north, while the 7th division had left 20 dead and more than 100 injured in Deir al-Zour. Hundreds were arrested. .. read more