Rebels Call Democratic World No Fly Zone to Battle Dictatorship as Violent Syria Atrocities Mount

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Graphic videos stir outrage as Syria fighting rages

AFP – Grisly footage of apparent atrocities in Syria triggered outrage Monday, as regime forces bombarded rebel strongholds around Damascus and launched a mass raid in the historic heart of the capital. The graphic videos posted on YouTube showed what appeared to be rebels.

Residents of the northern Syrian city of Aazaz, “liberated” by the rebels three weeks ago, are already living a post Bashar al-Assad reality with a military and a political council running daily life. “When the fighting ended, there was nothing. No water, no electricity, nothing to eat,” Samir Hajj.