Activists say more than 250 people were killed in Syria on Thursday, including 155 civilians. According to Reuters, the number would make Thursday the bloodiest day since the start of the conflict in March 2011.
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed by the Associated Press Thursday, July 19, 2012 purports to show a Syrian rebel defacing a picture of President Bashar Assad at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video) 
This image made from amateur video released by Shaam News Network and accessed by the Associated Press Thursday, July 19, 2012 purports to show a Syrian rebel stomping on a picture of President Bashar Assad at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey. (AP Photo/Shaam News Neetwork via AP video) Rebels claimed they gained control of the border crossing between Syrian and Turkey at Jarablus, Reuters reports.
Syrian rebels took control of a border crossing with Iraq on Thursday, an Iraqi army general told the Associated Press. According to Brig. General Qassim al-Dulaimi, gunmen forced Syrian border guards to leave the checkpoint but did not cross into Iraq. Al-Dulaimi could not confirm earlier reports that Syrian rebels had taken over all border crossings with Iraq.
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At least 7 people were killed during evening prayers when Syrian army troops shelled a mosque in Deir al-Zour, activists said. According to witnesses, the mosque was packed with worshippers before the start of Ramadan. "Around 20 people were pulled from the rubble with missing limbs and bad wounds. The number of dead will likely rise," activist Abu al-Tayeb al-Deiri told Reuters.
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This July 18, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe of the Qabun neighborhood in Damascus, Syria. The satellite imagery shows a tank on 6th Rishreen road in the lower left portion of the image as well as a smoking building on the feeder portion of the exchange. Vehicle tracks and possible rubble are visible on the road just above the smoking building. Five additional tanks or armored vehicles are located elsewhere in Qabun, encircling the neighborhood. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe) Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth tweets:
Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Adnan al-Assadi told AFP that Syrian rebels captured all border crossings between Iraq and Syria.
The White House described Russia and China's veto of a U.N. Security Council resolution threatening new sanctions against Damascus as "highly regrettable" and "highly unfortunate."
White House spokesman Jay Carney added that the U.S. does not favor extending the U.N. observer mission in Syria. Members of the Security Council are expected to decide on the possible extension of the mission's mandate later today.
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The U.S. Embassy in Damascus published this interesting map on the numbers and locations of refugees out of Syria on its Facebook page.
Reuters reports that Syrian rebels attacked the main police headquarters in Damascus. A resident told the news service by phone that heavy gunfire rocked the neighborhood. "It is now dying down but the streets around the police command remain empty," the resident said.
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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/20/hisham-ikhtiyar-dead_n_1688632.html
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