Missile strike wounds rebel commander near Damascus

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Missile strike wounds rebel commander near Damascus

Syria's state-run News Agency SANA reported Wednesday that a football player was killed after mortars hit a stadium in Damascus.

Earlier, a missile had struck the command center of the main Syrian rebel formation near Damascus on Wednesday, wounding its leader, activists said.     

A rebel spokesman said Sheikh Zahran Alloush, founder of the Liwa al-Islam brigade, was wounded in the attack. Activists said the early morning strike took place near the northern Damascus suburb of Douma, during a three-week rebel offensive on the Syrian capital.    

In international positions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned both the Syrian regime and opposition gunmen that the pursuit of their military conflict would only lead to their destruction.    

“None of the two parties can allow themselves to bet on a military solution; this would only lead to the destruction of both sides,” he said.

On the other hand, Saudi Arabia and Qatar shared the West's alarm at the rise of al Qaeda-aligned groups in Syria, but said the answer is for outsiders like them to be more involved in backing rebels there.    

The two Gulf Arab states rooting for President Bashar Assad's overthrow appear to be chafing at Western pressure to keep out of the fight, arguing that building ties through aid and advice to favored opposition groups is the only way to ensure other, hardline Islamist factions are sidelined.    

The United States and Europe want to avoid arming rebel militias for fear that weaponry will find its way to Muslim groups close to jihadis like al Qaeda.


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