Syrian warplanes and artillery bombarded rebel suburbs of the capital today after the United States agreed to call off military action in a deal with Russia to remove president Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons.
Syrian rebels, calling the international focus on poison gas a sideshow, dismissed talk the arms pact might herald peace talks and said Assad had stepped up an offensive with ordinary weaponry.
One Assad supporter said “Russia will give us new weapons that are better than chemical weapons. We are strong enough to save our power and fight the terrorists.”
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/syrian-warplanes-bombard-rebels-after-weapons-pact-1.1528192
Syrian rebels, calling the international focus on poison gas a sideshow, dismissed talk the arms pact might herald peace talks and said Assad had stepped up an offensive with ordinary weaponry.
One Assad supporter said “Russia will give us new weapons that are better than chemical weapons. We are strong enough to save our power and fight the terrorists.”
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/middle-east/syrian-warplanes-bombard-rebels-after-weapons-pact-1.1528192