Peter Clifford @PeterClifford1 #Syria As death toll from #Damascus bomb blast rises, 90 bodies pulled from rubble of #Aleppo missile attack: http://tinyurl.com/PCOSyria2 Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More 1RETWEET SNC PULLS OUT OF INTERNATIONAL TALKS AT "SHAMEFUL LACK OF RESPONSE" TO ALEPPO MISSILE DEATHS, WHILE FIERCE FIGHTING CONTINUES AROUND THE AIRPORT: Opposition sources believe that the use of these missiles against residential areas is a new, deliberate military strategy to pave the way for its elite forces to enter eastern Aleppo where Opposition fighters have blocked their entrance for weeks. Smoke Rises From Aleppo Airport as FSA Get Closer The regime is desperate to rescue both its troops and its reputation as Opposition forces take bases defending Aleppo international airport. Very heavy fighting is reported today, Saturday, around the airport and the adjacent Narab airbase, where Opposition fighters now control the main road leading to them. FSA fighters are also reported to have shot down a Government helicopter in the Halab al-Jadeedeh area of the city this morning. As a result of the missile attacks on residential neighbourhoods in Aleppo, the Syrian National Council (SNC), meeting in Cairo on Friday, decided to "suspend" its participation in international meetings with the US, Russia and Italy in protest at what it called the "shameful lack of international condemnation of crimes committed against the Syrian people." Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, the head of the SNC, had been invited to Moscow for talks about a "dialogue" with Syrian Government representatives and had been expected to attend the Friends of Syria meeting in Rome next Thursday. At the same time the SNC announced plans to form a "government" in liberated areas of northern Syria and would be announcing members of the administration and choose a leader at a...
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