Syria Opposition Sees Intervention 'in Matter of Days'
Syria's opposition expects a Western military intervention against President Bashar Assad's regime within days and has been consulted over targets, one of its officials said Tuesday.
"There is no precise timing ... but one can speak of an imminent international intervention against the regime. It's a question of days and not weeks," said Ahmad Ramadan, a Syrian National Coalition political committee member.
"There have been meetings between the Coalition, the (rebel) Free Syrian Army and allied countries during which possible targets have been discussed," the official said.
Ramadan said they included airports, military bases and arms depots.
The targets cover "airports used by planes equipped with missiles and explosive barrels, command centers used by regime officers, (Iranian) Revolutionary Guards and by Hizbullah," he said.
Ramadan also said bases used to fire missiles and Scuds, especially the army's Brigade 155 near Damascus, were targets for Western punitive strikes following alleged chemical weapons attacks by the regime near Damascus last week.
Source: Agence France Presse
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