By Haaretz and Reuters
Feb.21, 2013
9:21 AM
The Free Syrian Army (click here) gives Hezbollah 48-hour deadline to stop shelling 'Syrian lands, villages and civilians from inside the Lebanese territories', according to statement posted on Facebook and carried by various media outlets.
..."We [FSA] are announcing and warning that if Hezbollah will not stop shelling the Syrian lands, villages and civilians from inside the Lebanese territories within 48 hours of issuance of this statement, we will respond to the sources of fire by our hands and eliminate it from inside the Lebanese lands," the Free Syrian Army posted on its Facebook page early Wednesday, according to a CNN translation....
The Free Syrian Army is very capable. I would never understand estimate them. They have successfully isolated Assad. If the Free Syrian Army continues to take on Hezbollah, they might find themselves receiving help they didn't expect.
It is remarkable how successful this liberation army is within Syria. They have had victory after victory and just when they appear to be defeated their victories prove it all wrong. They are very invested into their best outcome. It is a shame what the Syrian people have had to endure for their freedom.
This was not a choice. Assad was venturing into ethnic genocide. His attacks on his people had a methodology to destroy Sunnis.
February 21, 2013 - 10:59PM
...A powerful car bomb (click here) has exploded near the offices of Syria's ruling Baath party in Damascus, killing at least 31 people, wounding dozens and shattering buildings.
The mid-morning blast, which rocked the city centre and sent thick smoke scudding across the skyline, came as Syria's opposition was meeting in Cairo to discuss proposals to hold conditional talks with Syria's regime.
Shortly after the Thursday blast, a nearby military headquarters came under mortar attack, state television said, without giving details.
The official SANA news agency said a "large number" of civilians were killed or wounded in a "terrorist attack", while the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights put the initial toll at 31 dead and dozens wounded....
