Human shields used in violent raid of Syrian city, opposition says

Political maneuvering fresh split on Both Sides of the Syrian crisis,Relentless killing raged on Monday as a peaceful resolutionappeared to Be the Apple fantasy.
At Least 21 People Were slaughtered across the country on Mondaymorning, Opposition activists said. Intense shelling on Deir Ezzorrained province, Where Corpses eight were found after regimeforces raided the city at dawn, the Opposition Local CoordinationCommittees of Syria said.
Across the country, Powerful Explosions and heavy gunfireTormented the Southwestern city of Douma forces conducted a raid-Iand-arrest spree, the LCC said.
"Civilians as human shields is Being used to complete the raidcampaign" in Douma, the Opposition said network.

Over the weekend, the National Council elected Minority Opposition Syrian Kurdish activist Abdul Basit Sieda to united dissidents aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Sieda, a native of Hasaka, Syria, But now living in Sweden, Called on officials in Syria, Russia, and China "to think carefully about the Whole Situation now Because the stability of the region - if Not The Whole stability of the world - is at stake here. We Would like to call upon Them to support the Syrian people. " Russia and China have blocked U.N. Security Council Resolutions That Many Other nations said Could have pushed al-Assad to stop the killing. The two countries, The which have major trade ties with Syria, said they Want more balanced Resolutions That call for a cessation of violence on all sides. Sieda Also Called on Iran "to admit the Situation on the ground and respect the Will of the Syrians" and to prepare "for new relations with the Syrian people based on the full interest of the Syrian and Iranian people."

A recent draft U.N. Accused report Iran of exporting arms to Syria inviolation of the ban on weapons sales, a Western diplomat ToldCNN last month. Some analysts say Iran HAS ITS Continued to armSyria in the brutal Crackdown on Opposition.
Sieda vowed HIS country will be "a free democratic state."
Dozens of countries have recognized the CNS as the legitimaterepresentative of the Syrian Opposition, though Many members of the group's leadership has expatriates.
When Asked how he bridges the gap between Planned to theSyrian Opposition and the Opposition in exile inside the country,Sieda said, "We are in direct communication and contact withrevolutionary forces inside. We are always communicating withThem .... The relationship between us and the forces inside HASnever Been Stronger. "
But al-Assad said he HAS Will Not deal with Opposition membersinfluenced from the outside.

While Sieda railed Committed Against the violence by al-Assad'sforces, the regime ITself Announced a new stage in ITS Thatargument "armed terrorist groups" is Actually Responsible for theviolence in the country.

A "documentary" Shown on state-run Syrian TV Revealed "that terrorists of various Nationalities from the terrorist al-Nasr Jabhet Organization, Which is Affiliated with al Qaeda Planned and carried out" Bombings in Damascus on March 8. The cars used in the attack Were driven by the Jordanian and the Syrian Palestinian terrorist, "and Iraqi Were Trailed by year," state-run news agency SANA Reported. Jabhet al-Nasr is Also known as the Front of Nusrat.

Also SANA said 22 "army, Law Enforcement and Civilian Martyrs" Were buried Sunday. The LCC, meanwhile, said 53 people Sunday Were Killed, Including 26 in Homs. Among the dead Sunday civil WAS journalist Khaled Bakr, founder of the Baba Amr media center, the LCC said. Baba Amr besieged the Neighborhood of Homs, under weeks of incessant shelling cam by the Syrian regime earlier this year, Opposition activists have said. At a mosque in al-Numan Maarit, part of Idlib province, El Mundo correspondent Javier Espinosa said he saw six Bodies destroyed beyond recognition. "They Were in pieces," he Told CNN. Residents said people leaving the mosque Were When the rocket hit in the middle of the street, hitting no one. I gathered after Residents to Assess the impact of the second rocket hit.

The rocket ever had Russian markings on the shell, Espinosa said. Russia is viewed as a key ally of Syria. While Western countries have criticized Russia for arms trade with Syria ITS, Russia insisted it HAS note is propping up al-Assad's regime. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday There WAS no alternative to UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's special peace plan, split mounting Evidence That It's Being violated daily. "The Situation Looks more and more grim," Lavrov said. "For the first time since the Beginning of this crisis, we see the question of foreign Intervention. And our position Remains unchanged. We Will Never Agree to Sanction the use of force in the UN Security Council." The United Nations said at Least 9000 HAS people have Died since the Syrian crisis erupted in March 2011. Opposition groups, however, say the toll is much higher, with estimates ranging from 12,000 to at Least More Than 14,000. CNN can not independently confirm reports of violence or Casualties in Syria, as the government restricted access by international HAS Journalists.