U.S. drones reportedly monitoring Syria

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“A good number” of unmanned U.S. military drones are operating in the skies over Syria, monitoring the President Basir al-Assad’s military’s crackdown against the opposition, U.S. defense officials tell NBC News.

According to the unnamed officials, the drone surveillance is not in preparations for a future military operation in Syria. Rather, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is hoping to use the visual evidence and intercepts of Syrian government and military communications in an effort to “make the case for a widespread international response.”

Unlike in Libya and the regime of former dictator Muammar Qaddafi, there has been no widespread international support for military intervention in Syria.

Despite debate among White House, State Department and Pentagon officials about possible humanitarian missions, officials fear that those missions could not be carried out without jeopardizing those involved and would almost certainly draw the U.S. into a military role in Syria.

On Friday, Syrian government forces, disregarding U.N. condemnation, renewed their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs as a Chinese minister arrived for talks with embattled President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday.

Demonstrations against Assad were reported by activists in cities across Syria, including the capital Damascus and the commercial hub Aleppo, after Friday Muslim prayers despite the threat of violence from security forces.

Al Arabiya

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2 responses to “U.S. drones reportedly monitoring Syria”

  1. another bullshit. I have seen many drone shot downed by the Afghan and the Iraqi resistance on Youtube , Live leak . This is Assads right to shot down those drone provided they are flying there. There are none . Its an effort to tell the world that USA and Europe (Good cop) are with the Syrian resistance and Russia and China(Bad cop) are with the Syrian regime. All of them are on the same boat and they are making sure that Assad regime survives. The Arab League took only SEVEN days to call on UN after the fake and manufactured uprising in Libya. 

    The arms insurrection already started long before that fake uprising in Libya. UN didnt wait any longer and started bombing Libya.So within a month NATO and Arab league ride on Lybia. Here after 11 months of bloody uprising the world is still to decide what to do with it. Well in any case there should not be any NATO style bombing like on Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan and that will not happen either. If they go and destroy the Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan then Libya with the help of Iran then why would they overthrow Assad…The time will pass by but the Free Syrian Army will do what is necessary.I maintain this …that when the Assad is about to fall the USA , Russia, Europe all will invade Syria. This is my thought from the experience of Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.

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    another bullshit. I have seen many drone shot downed by the Afghan and the Iraqi resistance on Youtube , Live leak . This is Assads right to shot down those drone provided they are flying there. There are none . Its an effort to tell the world that USA and Europe (Good cop) are with the Syrian resistance and Russia and China(Bad cop) are with the Syrian regime. All of them are on the same boat and they are making sure that Assad regime survives. The Arab League took only SEVEN days to call on UN after the fake and manufactured uprising in Libya. 

    The arms insurrection already started long before that fake uprising in Libya. UN didnt wait any longer and started bombing Libya.So within a month NATO and Arab league ride on Lybia. Here after 11 months of bloody uprising the world is still to decide what to do with it. Well in any case there should not be any NATO style bombing like on Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan and that will not happen either. If they go and destroy the Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan then Libya with the help of Iran then why would they overthrow Assad…The time will pass by but the Free Syrian Army will do what is necessary.I maintain this …that when the Assad is about to fall the USA , Russia, Europe all will invade Syria. This is my thought from the experience of Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.

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