Activists say rebels are
attacking several security compounds in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo.
The Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said one of Friday's attacks targeted a compound
in the neighborhood of Zahraa, killing and wounding a number of troops. It gave
no figures.
Aleppo-based activist Mohammed
Saeed said rebels are attacking four security buildings around Syria's largest
city, using rocket launchers and machine guns.
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International Positions:
The Supreme Leader
of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and during his meeting with
Syrian Prime Minister Wael Halaqi on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned summit in
Tehran said that the United States and Israel are the invisible hands pulling the
strings of the Syrian crisis.
On Thursday, Fabius called on the
Syrian government to guarantee the free access of humanitarian organizations to
all Syrian residents.
In a statement before the U.N. Security
Council, Fabius said that Paris wants to provide financial and material
assistance to the “liberated” regions in Syria in order to prepare for the
post-Assad period and encourage Syrians who are trying to flee to stay in their
hometowns.
According to the Human Observatory
of Human Rights, the opposition armed forces attacked a security building in
Aleppo on Thursday night.
“Opposition fighters attacked a security building in Aleppo’s Zahra neighborhood
and clashed with its security guards”, the opposition said in a statement.
To read more on Fabius' statements please click here
US Journalist Disappears:
Separately, the father of American journalist Austin Tice, who went missing
while working in one of Syria's most volatile regions, said he believed his son
is alive and being detained by the Syrian
government.
The father expressed gratitude to those working on his son's behalf but
declined to comment further on the situation. However, in a statement to The
Post and McClatchy, the Tice family said, "Austin is our precious son, and
we beseech the Syrian government to treat him well and return him safely to us
as soon as
possible."
Tice recently spent time with rebel fighters in Syria and has not been heard
from in nearly three
weeks.
The 31-year-old former Marine was living in Washington before heading overseas,
and had been attending law school at Georgetown University between deployments
and his latest reporting trip, his father has
said.
"We welcome any news about Austin, after three long weeks without
word," Anders Gyllenhaal, McClatchy vice president for news, said in a
statement. "If he is in fact being held by the Syrian government, we would
expect that he is being well cared for and that he will quickly be
released."
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