BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations envoy
for Syria said government air strikes had caused widespread death and
destruction in the city of Zabadani, the focus of an offensive by the
army and its Hezbollah allies to retake the area from insurgents.
Staffan de Mistura, citing local sources, said the
Syrian military had dropped a large number of barrel bombs on Zabadani
“causing unprecedented levels of destruction and many deaths among the
civilian population”.
Control of the city, about 45 km (30 miles) northwest of
the capital Damascus and about 10 km from the border with Turkey, is
seen as crucial to consolidating President Bashar al-Assad’s control
over the border zone between Lebanon and Syria.
Fierce clashes continued overnight in the Zabadani area,
with heavy aerial bombardments in and around the city and reports of
casualties on both sides, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
monitoring group said on Wednesday. It gave no detailed figures.
Full article available here: Battle at Syria Border
Source: Euronews
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