Syrian opposition activists have reported widespread clashes Tuesday, including continued fighting in Aleppo city. The regime forces strafed Free Syrian Army fighters-held districts in Aleppo with helicopter gunships and artillery to dislodge them from two areas inside the city.
The Free Syrian Army fighters claim to control over 60% of Aleppo.
Furthermore, the Syrian observatory for human rights said that the Free Syrian Army fighters overran two police stations in Salhin and Bab al-Nayrab on Tuesday, killing at least 40 policemen during fighting that last for hours.
Among the dead was the head of the police station of Salhine neighbourhood, where three vehicles were destroyed.
In addition to these stations, the Free Syrian Army fighters attacked at dawn the headquarters of the military court and a branch of the ruling Baath Party in the city. Fighting also broke out near the headquarters of the powerful air intelligence in the district of al-Zahra in western part of the city as well as Salaheddine district.
On the other hand, a security source in Damascus told AFP that the army had regained some control on Salaheddine district in Aleppo but it was facing "a very strong resistance " The rebels, however, denied that the army has "moved forward even one meter".
State television for said that special army forces advance in Aleppo, inflicting heavy casualties on "terrorists".
According to pro -regime Aldonya TV, the Syrian forces have destroyed a large terrorist camp in Homs .The report also said that the army managed to destroy the headquarters, as well as a system of underground corridors and ammunition depots. This information is impossible to verify.
On his part, the US defense secretary Leon PanettaLeon Panetta said in an interview with CNN during a visit to Tunisia that Syria military must remain intact when Assad goes. It is necessary for maintaining stability in the country. It is very important not to repeat the mistakes we made in Iraq, Panetta stressed.
In an unexpected development from the Iranian regime, reported that Iran has recently warned Turkey against any attack on Syrian territory, saying that Tehran will harshly retaliate against any attack inside Syrian territory and that Iran would reactivate the joint defense agreement signed with Syria.
According to the paper, this is a clear response to recent threats by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who accused Damascus on July 26 to have given several areas of northern Syria to the PKK and warned that Ankara could exercise its right of hot pursuit into Syria against the Kurdish rebels.
Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/20 12/07/31/229449.html
