Syria On Verge Of Overthrowing Assad

	Syria On Verge Of Overthrowing Assad Ongoing Coverage of Syrian Crisis The Guardian www.guardian.co.uk Al Jazeera blogs.aljazeera.com US response to Russia, China UN Veto ywtv.tv RedCoss: Syria is in civil war www.bbc.co.uk Add TDC to your circles on Google+ plus.google.com Join the conversation on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter www.twitter.com Media used in this video: Al Assad Photo www.straight.com Irish Times: Syria Bombing www.irishtimes.com Wife flees www.nydailynews.com Syrian rebels battle tanks www.usatoday.com Carney reddogreport.com -situation in Syria is a very fluid one, but it now seems that Assad is all but certain to fall sooner rather than later. -Several high-ranking members of his government have defected, three of his top officials were killed in a suicide attack yesterday, his wife is rumored to have fled to Russia, the rebels now control the city of Azzaz along the Turkish border and there is widespread fighting throughout Damascus, the capital city of roughly 2 million citizens. -As a response, the government troops have stormed various districts with tanks for the first time, stoking fears of an imminent massacre in the the western quarter of the capital. Rebels seem to be holding strong, say they have destroyed several of these tanks with RPGs -Russia, a close Syrian ally, and China have vetoed a UN resolution that would have condemned the government's violent response and pressured the regime toward a peaceful resolution, but would not have <b>...</b>	From: TheDailyConversation Views: 206 18 ratings
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