This image from amateur video AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)
Syrian rebels set sights on Damascus airport
This image from amateur video AP obtained from Ugarit News has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting and shows a rebel firing a weapon around a corner at Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria Friday Dec. 7, 2012. Fighting around the Syrian capital has intensified in recent days as rebels press a battle they hope will lead to the collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime after 20 months of conflict. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP Video)
By BARBARA SURK
Associated Press /
December 7, 2012
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Speaking to reporters after visiting Syrian refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey, he also called for an end to the violence.
‘‘The slaughter in Syria must stop,’’ Ban said. ‘‘The military path is a dead end. It only fills the streets with more blood.’’
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Associated Press writers Zeina Karam in Beirut, Albert Aji in Damascus, Suzan Fraser in Ankara and Mike Corder in the Netherlands contributed to this report.
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