Saturday, August 25, 2012

Reporting on Aleppo

This report seems quite different from other reports in the Western press.  Does it mean that it is more accurate?
"But despite Barakat’s claims, most of Aleppo remains in government hands, the rebels have lost their major position in the Salahadin neighborhood, and fighting in the city has slowed in the face of fierce government attacks from the air that the rebels seem unlikely to withstand indefinitely, since they do not have anti-aircraft weapons." (thanks Talal)

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/08/24/163483/syrian-army-hitting-anti-assad.html#storylink=cpy