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July 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
The UN monitoring mission announced that it would reduce its activities on the
ground in Syria. The mission has been barely active for three weeks, since
violence in the country increased to a level which made its job impossible.
But Mr Annan defended the role of the UN’s unarmed observers, saying it was
not their job to stop the violence, but to monitor the two sides’ adherence
to the truce proposed two months ago.
He offered few suggestions on how the plan could be salvaged, only saying that
Iran “should be part of the solution” and that criticism too often focused
on Russia, which has stood by the regime.
Meanwhile the city of Homs was under new bombardment, there was fighting in
suburbs of the capital Damascus and the Syrian army stepped up its attacks
in the north-west of the country, where villages are in open revolt. Rebels
have set up road blocks around the key city of Aleppo and the army is
confined to barracks in many areas.
Opposition activists said they feared for families in the town of Khan
Sheikhoun after the army seized control of the rebel stronghold in the
northern Idlib province on Friday in an assault with helicopter gunships. In
a dramatic plea for help people in the town said all water and electricity
had been cut and summary executions were being carried out.
Thousands of families have fled their homes in the past two weeks due to heavy
fighting between government forces and rebels and many face food shortages,
the United Nations said. Late on Friday, about 300 refugees, including about
30 military personnel, crossed into Turkey at the border at Bukulmez in
Hatay province.
On the diplomatic front, China joined Russia in rejecting United States
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s accusation that Beijing and Moscow have
hindered efforts to bring about a peaceful resolution of the crisis. Any
attempt to “slander” China was doomed to fail, it said.
At a meeting in Paris Mrs Clinton had urged Mr Assad’s international opponents
to make Russia and China “pay a price” for helping him cling to power in
Damascus.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, Liu Weimin, said Mrs Clinton’s comments
were “totally unacceptable”.
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