Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa said that neither his government nor the rebels fighting to overthrow it are capable of a decisive victory, in the first public admission of its kind by the regime since the outbreak of civil war.
“No opposition can end the battle militarily, just as the security forces and army cannot achieve a decisive conclusion,” he told the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar.
His comments came as Syrian fighter jets bombed the area of Yarmouk in Damascus, which houses a Palestinian refugee camp, killing at least 25 people sheltering in a mosque, opposition activists said. They added that Syrian rebels have been trying to advance from the area into the capital.
Opposition activists said the deaths in Yarmouk, to which refugees have fled from other fighting in nearby suburbs, resulted from a rocket fired by a warplane hitting the mosque.
“No opposition can end the battle militarily, just as the security forces and army cannot achieve a decisive conclusion,” he told the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar.
His comments came as Syrian fighter jets bombed the area of Yarmouk in Damascus, which houses a Palestinian refugee camp, killing at least 25 people sheltering in a mosque, opposition activists said. They added that Syrian rebels have been trying to advance from the area into the capital.
Opposition activists said the deaths in Yarmouk, to which refugees have fled from other fighting in nearby suburbs, resulted from a rocket fired by a warplane hitting the mosque.
