Syria unrest: Troops 'retake most of Rastan'
Found on BBC News on Saturday, 01 October 2011
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops had gained ground after defectors pulled out of the town, in restive Homs province.
Analysts have expressed concern that the revolt in Syria, which began peacefully six months ago, is evolving into an armed conflict.
On Friday, the draft of a UN Security Council resolution against the violence in Syria was watered down, with a reference to sanctions being removed in order to appease Russia.
European nations instead called for "targeted measures" in the text, which Russia and China have threatened to veto.
There the UN sits with its hands tied just because two members are not feeling happy with a nation's wish for freedom and democracy. Of course those two members would be Russia and China, two nations where democracy doesn't really exist too.