COMMENT_ Syrian Regime Bombards Damascus Suburb, Kills 36, as Rebels close on Air Base

Syrian Regime Bombards Damascus Suburb, Kills 36, as Rebels close on Air Base

Posted on 01/14/2013 by Juan Cole

The Baath regime of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad showed its increasing desperation on Sunday when it had fighter jets bombard the eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus, killing some 36 people (some of them non-combatants). The regime bombed this area because the revolutionaries are using it as a base from which to attack the Muleiha air base, the last major military installation to the east of Damascus that hasn’t already fallen into rebel hands. In the past month, the revolutionaries have concentrated on taking military bases, especially ones with airfields, in hopes of cutting the regime off from resupply by Russia and Iran.

Oppositionists posted (unverified) footage of the bombardment to Youtube (warning, not for the faint of heart):

On Friday, revolutionaries announced that they had captured the key Taftanaz air base in the north of the country. Some alarums were raised, however, in that the best fighters, and the ones who took the lead, at Taftanaz are said to be Jibhat al-Nusra (The Succor Front), an extremist Sunni guerrilla group.

Several other rebel positions in towns around the country were bombarded by the regime on Sunday, including Rastan near Homs.

Video:
Read more: http://www.juancole.com/2013/01/bombards-damascus-rebels.html




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