Syria: Syria sends reinforcements to Idlib
The Syrian army on Thursday sent further troop reinforcements to the northwestern province of Idlib, where activists said they fear an assault similar to the one that devastated the Baba Amro neighborhood of Homs, as Turkey said it was opposed to any force from outside the region intervening in Syria.
As many as 62 people have been killed by the fire of Syrian troops across the country, activists at the Syrian Local Coordination Committees told Al Arabiya.
Rami Abdul Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the troop buildup appeared to indicate a major military operation was imminent given reports in the official press of “armed terrorist groups” in the region.
Milad Fadl, a member of the opposition Syrian Revolution General Commission, said tanks and troops were deploying heavily around the Jabal al-Zawiya district of the province.