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January 2, 2013

Envoy Warns Syria Crisis Could "Turn Into Hell" 
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Syrian government forces are reportedly battling with rebels opposed to
President Bashar al-Assad near an airport in the northern province of
Idlib. The violence comes a day after opposition groups say 75 people
were killed across the country. On Tuesday, government air strikes hit
rebel-held areas of Aleppo as clashes forced the city’s airport to
shut down. Heavy fighting was also reported near Damascus. On Sunday
U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned Syria's crisis is
deepening.

Lakhdar Brahimi: "The situation in Syria is very bad, very, very bad,
and the differences are increasing. In that there needs to be a
political solution, to please the Syrian people, and to give the Syrian
people their rights, their legal rights, or Syria will turn into hell."

 

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