Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Explosions Kill 83, Wound Scores at Univ. in Syria; Rockets Blast Univ. of Aleppo in Syria's Civil War

Two explosions -- believed caused by rockets -- tore through one of Syria's biggest universities on the first day of student exams today (January 15, 2013), killing 83 people and wounding scores of others, according to the News Daily website.

Each side -- the government and the rebels -- in the 22-month-old Syrian civil war blamed the other for today's blasts at the University of Aleppo, located in a government-held area of Syria's most populous city.

"A cowardly terrorist act targeted the students at Aleppo University as they sat for their mid-term examinations," Syria's United Nations ambassador, Bashar Ja'afari, told the UN Security Council in New York today. The Security Council took no productive action on the matter, due to a veto by Russia, a staunch ally of Syrian President Assad.

If confirmed, the government's report of a rocket attack would suggest rebels had been able to obtain and deploy more powerful weapons than previously used.


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