More than 700 killed in Syria as ISIS tightens grip on east

[WatermelonRat]

Source: Asharq Al-Awsat

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—More than 700 people were killed in Syria over the course of Thursday and Friday, in what activists say were the bloodiest 48 hours of fighting in the conflict to date.

The head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), Rami Abdul Rahman, told Asharq Al-Awsat that this was the first time casualties had topped 700 in the space of two days since the conflict began in 2011. He contrasted the violence to the gas attack in the Ghouta region close to Damascus last year, which he said killed around 500 people.


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[leftynyc]

1. So much violence in that region

of the world when I suspect that the vast majority just want to live their lives and provide for their children. It's madness.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Our messing with syria has worked out quite well.

Or not.

[Strelnikov_]

4. Soviet-Afghan redux

History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

[Rhinodawg]

3. Terrible.

[Comrade Grumpy]

5. The Western and Gulf Arab attempt to overthrow Assad gave these fuckers breathing room.

There is blood on many hands here, including in Washington, London, Paris, Ankara, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.

[cpwm17]

6. It's so monumentally bone-headed what the US is doing in Syria

It has to be obvious to the White House and the rest of our government that overthrowing Assad can only lead to disaster.

The ME has managed to survive for such a long time with a complex mixture of peoples and religions. But this mixture also has the potential of exploding if order breaks down – which it is. Now the crazies with guns are taking over, making life suck for the average person. Much of this is done with US supplied weapons.

[cosmicone]

7. They want that Qatari pipeline

to supply Europe to weaken Russia and Assad won't allow it.

So they support terrorists to accomplish their PNAC goals.

End justifies means as always with the US.

[PaulKersey]

8. true

[PaulKersey]

9. and we're still sending aid to the "rebels"

This is where it winds up.