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June 29th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Mr Lavrov insisted on Thursday that no compromise had been reached but
admitted that a “transitional period” was needed in Syria. As he prepared to
meet Mrs Clinton on Friday, his ministry issued a statement saying it was
committed to “bringing a halt to the bloodshed and achieving a peaceful
resolution to the crisis”.
It said the Geneva conference, called by Mr Annan, was a “positive step” which
should be a “consolidation of foreign powers’ efforts” to support Mr Annan’s
initiative and ensure “a transfer from armed conflict to dialogue and a
political process.”
Fighting in Syria has intensified in recent days, encroaching on Damascus.
Residents of Douma, long the city’s most restive district, said they had
been forced to cower in basements as the most relentless tank and artillery
assault of the 16-month uprising entered its second day.
Scores of people are believed to have been killed in the suburb. Video footage
showing dozens of corpses, shrouded in blankets and white sheets.
The Syrian president’s hold on power is increasingly being challenged across
the country. With more than 1,000 fatalities reported in the past 10 days,
even Mr Assad has been forced to concede that Syria is now mired in a civil
war.
But it is the growing precariousness of his hold over the capital, where the
regime’s authority was once relatively untroubled, that will be worrying Mr
Assad the most.
Although Douma has long been the government’s most vulnerable spot, the rebels
have never been able to establish more than a tenuous foothold in the
district and have been driven from it in the past.
That no longer appears to be the case. Whereas once they would have retreated
in the face of the regime’s superior firepower, there was no imminent sign
on Friday that they were close to being dislodged from their positions,
despite suffering heavy losses.
For the rebels, holding Douma has more than symbolic value as the district
affords them a launch-pad to strike elsewhere in the capital with increasing
boldness. This week, suspected rebels planted two bombs on judges’ cars
outside the main court complex in the heart of Damascus, demonstrating their
growing reach.
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