Syria: the imperialist offensive intensifies

1st August 2012 Socialist Action 0

By Andrew Williams

The guerrilla military campaign in Syria significantly escalated in July this year when Russia and China vetoed for the third time a proposed UN Security Council resolution against Syria.

Armed Syrian opposition forces entered the two main cities of Damascus and Aleppo to mount attacks and seized a number of border control posts.

A bomb in Damascus killed four of the Syrian government’s top defence personnel, including the Defence Minister and his Deputy.