Russia is warning that a Western and Arab effort to push the U.N. Security Council into adopting a resolution on Syria will put that nation on a path to civil war.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Tuesday the Western and Arab-backed draft resolution will not achieve a compromise in the 10-month long rebellion against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's 11-year autocratic rule.
Syrian opposition activists said government troops were consolidating control over eastern suburbs of Damascus Tuesday after several days of heavy fighting with rebels who briefly seized the communities just several kilometers from Mr. Assad's seat of power.
The activists said Monday's fighting between pro-Assad forces and the loosely-organized rebels in the Damascus suburbs and the central province of Homs killed about 100 people, many of them civilians. It was not possible to confirm the casualties independently because Syria bars foreign media from operating freely in the country.
俄罗斯警告说，西方和阿拉伯国家欲推动联合国安理会采取有关叙利亚问题的决议的努力，将把叙利亚推向内战之路。
俄罗斯副外长加季洛夫星期二说，西方和阿拉伯国家支持的叙利亚决议不会达到让双方妥协的目标。为推翻总统阿萨德11年独裁统治，叙利亚人发动了长达10个月的反政府抗议。
叙利亚反对派活动人士说，政府军星期二正在巩固对大马士革东郊地区的控制。此前，一连几天，政府军与一度控制这些社区的反政府人员进行了激烈的战斗，这些地区距离阿萨德的权力中枢仅几公里。
活动人士说，亲阿萨德的部队与组织松散的反政府武装星期一在大马士革郊区以及中部省份霍姆斯的战斗导致大约100人死亡，其中大部分是平民。由于叙利亚禁止外国媒体在境内自由活动，上述伤亡数字无法得到独立证实。
