They also killed the president's brother in law. It was apparently a member of the security detail. Which is wild.
From Reuters:
Syria's defense minister and President Bashar al-Assad's
brother in-law were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Damascus on
Wednesday, in the most serious blow to Assad's high command in a
16-month-old revolt.
TIME strikes a note of concern:
Besides a government crackdown, rebel fighters are launching
increasingly deadly attacks on regime targets, and several massive
suicide attacks this year suggest al-Qaida or other extremists are
joining the fray.
And, big surprise, who's one of the main impediments to peace? Russia.
The
key stumbling block is the Western demand for a resolution threatening
non-military sanctions and tied to Chapter 7 of the United Nations
Charter, which could eventually allow the use of force to end the
conflict in Syria.
Russia is adamantly opposed to any mention of sanctions or Chapter 7.
After Security Council consultations late Tuesday on a revised draft
resolution pushed by Moscow, Russia’s deputy U.N. ambassador Alexander
Pankin said these remain “red lines.”
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