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A senior Syrian official vowed that his nation would defend itself against any military intervention by the West, saying any such action would provoke "chaos" and threaten worldwide peace and prosperity.
Syrian Air Force warplanes have unleashed munitions on districts in Damascus where rebel forces are present. This comes amidst continued shelling of other irregular forces in Homs, Aleppo and Deir Ezzor.
Six generals and twenty-two colonels were among the over seventy Syrian military officers who have deserted their posts in the last 36 hours and entered Turkey constituting the biggest such defection from the Syrian Army in months.
A recent bombing in Syria had struck a line of over 1,000 people waiting outside of a bakery for bread. The death toll in the bombing is believed to be over 100.
Syrian rebels have shot down another Syrian military helicopter in Idlib today during clashes with government forces who are trying to take back control of the town of Maaret al-Numan.
Damascus -
A Syrian military helicopter has went down in flames over the Syrian capital of Damascus. Rebel opposition forces claim they have shot it down.
A Syrian Air Force jet fighter has crashed in eastern Syria. State media states it was a result of "technical problems" whilst the FSA opposition say they shot it down.
Hama -
Intensified Syrian attacks on anti-government protestors killed dozens of people in the city of Hama, on Sunday. More than 100 people are estimated to have been killed.
Man who was allegedly kidnapped by Syrian soldiers, forced to take off all their clothes and then executed.
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One of several building damaged after Syrian military forces launched an attack on a neighborhood in Damascus.
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Satellite imagery of the al-Safira military facility in Syria. The al-Safira military base is the headquarters of the Syrian chemical weapons program and contains both a depot for storing chemical weapons as well as a massive laboratory for manufacturing them
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A Soviet-made MiG-23 Flogger, many such antiquated jets still operate in the Syrian Air Force today.
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A neighborhood in Damascus.
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Bullet holes can bee seen in the side of this apartment in Damascus.
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A mortar attack in a Damascus neighborhood left this hole in the ceiling of a make shift school classroom.
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I child cleans debris off the roof of his home after Syrian military launched an attack on a neighborhood in Damascus.
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Syrian Navy missile boat.
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Man who was allegedly kidnapped by Syrian soldiers, forced to take off all their clothes and then executed.
