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Syrian regime forces make new push into rebel-held areas
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Leland Vittert reports from Jerusalem
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- Date Oct 9, 2012
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Who from overseas NATO saying it has a plan to protect Turkey is fighting rages in Syria -- the country into that conflict.
All this is the Syrian government makes a new push into the war torn city of home.
Leland -- live in Jerusalem watching all of this is the violence with Turkey is -- getting better or getting worse Lehman.
Right now Billiton about this same dietary -- send a shell over the Turks respond.
Within artillery barrage did the simple fact that it's still ongoing now.
In new -- six or seven of these artillery exchanges.
Is very concerning we do know the -- are beginning -- mass.
Men equipment -- F sixteen fighter jets are now being forward deployed towards the Turks as it happens right now we also know.
That NATO is now saying that they are going to be ready and willing to defend Turkey that cuts both ways it goes as a probably a common parts to the -- to the -- in terms of saying that they don't think.
Things are going to get worse in NATO is -- defend.
Second a Volvo it cuts to the Syrian there's a warning remember the west.
Has been -- in order to try and intervene militarily in Syria if however a war breaks out between Turkey.
And Syria it's very clear the gloves will come off.
-- there was a bombing in Damascus how significant was it this time.
Another very big bombing this coming from the -- news for a front which is one of that al-Qaeda offshoot operating inside Syria chose.
Just how many foreign fighters are now I mean.
-- the country inside Syria and these are hard core.
Jihadist who are now organizing these car bombs against.
From the Syrian leadership places -- have to have a lot of sophistication in order to do a number these fighters.
Are from Libya they are also from our rock -- seasoned jihadist but it complicates things going forward bill because.
If for example president -- leaves no longer just had democracy sprout up.
You -- have a continuing civil war between the local rebels who want democracy and then these jihadist who won an Islamic state.
Bills events -- -- -- for their -- -- thank you live in -- Middle East bureau there in Jerusalem.