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June 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama, is due to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin at the G20 summit in Mexico to discuss differences over what to do about
the escalating conflict.
According to the Observatory, 67 people were killed in clashes across the
country over the weekend.
Government forces bombarded rebel positions in Homs province and in eastern
Deir Ezzor. A member of the Local Coordination Council (LCC), made up of
opposition activists on the ground, confirmed that the town of Qoudsaya in
Damascus province had come under “heavy shelling” and that “snipers
are shooting at any moving object”.
Another member told AFP that the Syrian army had “imposed a suffocating
blockade” on the areas around Qoudsaya and that “huge military
reinforcements” had arrived in the town.
He added that the wounded could not be treated due to the intensity of the
shelling and sniper fire.
Regime forces backed by aircraft also pounded a region known as the Kurdish
Mountain in the northwest province of Latakia for more than seven hours
forcing many residents to flee, according to the Observatory.
The escalation of violence over the weekend has prompted UN observers to
suspend their monitoring mission in the country. Leader of the UN mission in
Syria, Major General Robert Mood also admitted that “attempts to
extract civilians” from the besieged city of Homs over the past week
had been unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, speaking at the opening of its 20th session, UN rights chief Navi
Pillay has accused the Syrian government of crimes against humanity and “possible”
war crimes. She also asserted that those responsible for attacks on UN
observers in Syria must be brought to justice.
More than 14,400 people have died in the 16-month uprising against the regime
of President Bashar al-Assad, according to the Observatory.
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