Syria daily prints names of dead foreign fighters
29 Nov 2012 5:27 AM IST
A pro-government Syrian daily Tuesday published the names of 142 fighters from foreign countries killed in Syria over the past month, Xinhua reported.
The Al-Watan daily said the government has sent the list to the UN Security Council. The list includes 47 Saudis, 24 Libyans, 10 Tunisians, nine Egyptians, six Qataris, five Lebanese, 11 Afghans, five Turks, three Chechens and two each from Azerbaijan and Chad. They were killed in the provinces of Aleppo, Homs, Idlib, Deir al-Zour and Hasaka. The daily said Western-backed rebels have tried several times to attack vital and security centres in the capital Damascus in the hope of declaring a coup. But so far such attempts have been countered by government forces.
Meanwhile, a car bomb hit a police checkpoint in a town southwest of Damascus on Tuesday morning, as the army deployed in large numbers nearby in a bid to suppress insurgents there, a monitoring group said.
The Al-Watan daily said the government has sent the list to the UN Security Council. The list includes 47 Saudis, 24 Libyans, 10 Tunisians, nine Egyptians, six Qataris, five Lebanese, 11 Afghans, five Turks, three Chechens and two each from Azerbaijan and Chad. They were killed in the provinces of Aleppo, Homs, Idlib, Deir al-Zour and Hasaka. The daily said Western-backed rebels have tried several times to attack vital and security centres in the capital Damascus in the hope of declaring a coup. But so far such attempts have been countered by government forces.
Meanwhile, a car bomb hit a police checkpoint in a town southwest of Damascus on Tuesday morning, as the army deployed in large numbers nearby in a bid to suppress insurgents there, a monitoring group said.
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