Matthew 24:10,11 Then he said to them: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
The Syrian Army was able to take control of a town in Damascus by killing at least 80 people including women and children.
The army captured Jdaidet al-Fadl after five days of intensive shelling and fighting. The state news agency said the troops inflicted “heavy losses upon terrorists” in the town but observer groups said that most of the dead were women and children, not rebel fighters.
At least 70,000 people have died in the uprising began in March 2011. The army is targeting a ring of Damascus suburbs that are under rebel control.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that death toll could actually reach 250, not 80 as stated by the government. They also reported that the Syrian Army committed multiple summary executions of suspected rebels.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the U.S. would be providing $123 million in non-lethal military equipment to the Syrian rebels.
