<blockquote>“Hardly a day goes by when our senses are not bludgeoned by some new outbreak of terrorism in the Middle East.  Despite our best efforts at making and keeping the peace, political, economic, and religious tensions often lead to unrest, violence, and riots.”
<p style="text-align: right;">-Jim Bakker in “Prosperity and the Coming Apocalypse”</p>
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Syrian government forces used heavy artillery and helicopter attacks on rebel positions to kill 41 people in attacks around Damascus throughout Wednesday. The military also shelled rebel areas of Aleppo but no death tolls have been reported for that city.

The battle in Aleppo has been raging for a month and human rights group Amnesty International have reported that civilians are facing a “horrific level” of violence in the city.

The group documented 30 attacks in a ten day period that killed or injured civilians. Several attacks were random shelling of neighborhoods that government officials claim are rebel strongholds.

French newspapers are reporting that a US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the area to deal with the threat of Iran and to “monitor” the Syrian situation.