Syrian rebels call for an air exclusion zone

The leader of the main opposition group in exile called on the international powers to repeat the strategy used in Libya to protect civilians from the troops of Al-Assad

Abdelbaset Sieda, Chairman of the Syrian National Council, told The Associated Press that this action by the international community would show the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad that his opponents around the world speak seriously.

The Syrian opposition has called for an air exclusion zone for months. SIEDA renewed the request a day after the Secretariat of American State Hillary Clinton said that Washington and Turkey are negotiating a series of measures that include the fly in some parts of Syria, due to which the regime increasingly used the air force to attack the rebels.

"There must be special protection", Sieda said by phone. "The number of martyrs is increasing, as well as destruction." "If the country continues along this path, we will go to a catastrophe." When asked who would impose aerial exclusion zone, replied that "should be left to the community international", without further details.

Dead reporters

On the other hand, it was announced that two Syrian journalists were killed on Saturday in the capital, Damascus. The State Agency SANA reported that its cornista Alí Abbas was killed at his residence and attributed the death to an "armed terrorist group".

Meanwhile, the Al-Arabiya channel said that Bara' Yusuf al - Bushi, deserter from the army who worked with the station and other international news organizations, died in an attack with explosives when it covered actions in Al - such, a suburb in the North of Damascus.

Similarly, activists reported more fighting in some suburbs of Damascus, Aleppo, Homs and will. HEALTHY reported that security forces ambushed an armed group in Aleppo and killed and wounded some of its members.