United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has said that the conflict in Syria has reached "appalling heights of brutality", as Syrian jets bombed rebel-held areas of Damascus and an internet blackout entered its third day.
Ban Ki-moon Photo: REUTERS
By Ruth Sherlock
12:05PM GMT 01 Dec 2012
At least 40,000 people have been killed during the 20-month-old uprising, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
UN chief Ban predicted that Syrian refugee numbers would surge to more than 700,000 by next month as more civilians fled the fighting in residential areas - up from 480,000 now.
International peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi furthermore warned the country was in danger of becoming a "failed state" if a political settlement was not reached soon.
There was little sign of compromise on the ground, however, as Syrian government troops in Damascus mounted an offensive to cut off rebel held suburbs from the city centre.
Tanks shelled southwestern and northeastern outskirts of the capital and troops fought to retain control of the crucial airport highway, an area that the rebels had sought to seize control of earlier in the week.
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Syrian state television quoted a ministry of information statement saying the Damascus international airport was open on Saturday and that the road leading to it was safe. Opposition activists said clashes continued. EgyptAir and Emirates both suspended their flights to the city.
The escalation also sparked a communications blackout with the internet and phone lines failing for three days. Both sides blamed each other for the collapse. Google and Twitter said that they had reactivated a voice-tweet program, last used in 2011 when the internet was shut down in Egypt during its revolution, to allow Syrians affected to get messages out.
Rights groups have warned the communications drop off is a precursor to a wider offensive by government forces in the capital. Syrian security sources and diplomats say the government intends to block central Damascus from the restive suburbs.
Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9716088/Ban-Ki-moon-warns-Syria-has-reached-appalling-heights-of-brutality.html
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