The announcement of a January 22 date for the Geneva II peace conference appears to have had no impact on the Syrian Civil War itself, as dozens were killed nationwide in continued fighting.
Today’s violence underscored the growing fracture of Syria into a government-held south and a rebel-held northwest, with government air strikes targeting rebel-held areas of the northern Aleppo Province, killing 29, and a rebel suicide bomber killing 15 in metro Damascus.
The air strikes hit the town of al-Bab and a vegetable market in Aleppo itself. Several civilians were reported among the slain but exact figures were still debated among different rebel factions.
The Damascus bombing hit a bus stop in Somariyeh, near a housing complex used by many Syrian soldiers. Six soldiers were among the slain there, and nine civilians.
Almost two years ago the Syrian government invited these "rebels" or shel we say Saudis mercenaries, a chance to participate and negotiate peace, they refused thinking that USA and NATO will obey the Saudis, Israeli orders and invade Syria, they did everything to their wicked knowledge yet to lose their bet on NATO invasion of Syria. Now they want peace, knowing that even Hillary Clinton is hiding herself from politic where even her bet on regime change in Syria has become a delusion. From the beginning of this war, it was a wicked plan of a war against a peaceful nation of Syria. Therefore Saudis had to send in their barbarians which even them getting nowhere and losing all they got, equates to nothing. Syria was and is going to be the graveyard of international Saudis and UAE breathed terrorists.