Syrian military forces appear to have stopped ceding territory in the Daraa Province today, launching a counteroffensive which seized two towns. Reports from the pro-rebel Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claim 57 people, including six children, were killed in the offensive.
The counteroffensive appears to have been prompted by military defections in the area, after a dozen troops reportedly joined Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters in the towns of al-Sanamein and Ghabagheb.
The military went after the defectors, shelling the towns as part of an all-out offensive that eventually appears to have captured them. 16 rebel fighters and 12 Syrian soldiers were also reported slain.
Most of the rebel fighters in Daraa are FSA-linked, with the fighters getting training across the border in Jordan from US forces. The rebels have been trying to claim more of the border region with Jordan.
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Where is the world and Muslim outcry now, if one Palestinian civilian was accidently killed By Israeli army .. the Muslim world would be yelling on the roof tops !A total of 128 people were killed by Syrian forces
Muslim world — like the rest of the world — has no voice in mass media. So, the only reason you hear yelling or an outcry, is because the coporate media makes it an issue. Otherwise — it does not exist. Ponder this a bit. You think Al-Jazeera is an Arab, or Muslim media? Think again.
How many people have been killed in Mexico in the last two years? More then in Syria. Anybody disturbed? How many in Congo — of and on. Millions. Yes, millions. And Rwanda? You think that was a straight forward story? Think again. Minority Tutsi, having been exterminated in "genocide" managed to push out into jungles majority Hutu, take power and hold it ever since. Why in Hague we try people for "genocide". Or Balkans — millions of Serbs displaced, killed, and tried for — genocide. Some media creates lies, other copy it and spread around the world. We live in a matrix, need no movies.
shut up Larry. The Israeli army shoots Palestinian children for fun – there is no comparing what they do to what the Syrian Army does to protect it's own sovereignty from Israeli-backed terrorists trying to rip apart their country. I'm sick of hearing you and your fellow psychotic israelis cry victim while they brutalize non-israelis because your sick "religion" tells you it's ok.