Syrian bloodshed Fierce fighting broke out between armed forces and opposition groups at military checkpoints in Damascus and Aleppo. Activists in Syria claim that 130 were killed by government forces during the clashes on Friday. At the same time, the Syrian TV reported two explosions in Damascus that killed five security men and caused dozens of injuries. The first explosion erupted in front of a mosque in the Rukn Aldin  neighborhood of Damascus. In the second incident, a car exploded between the Palace of Justice and the Ministry of Information.
On Friday, Iranian Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Major General Hassan Firuzabadi, accused the United States and the West of being behind the spread of penitential (Takfiri) movements in Syria. He also accused the CIA and the Israeli organisation Mossad of planning to launch a targeted war between Shiites and Sunnis.
Erna news agency quoted Firuzabadi saying that “Syria will become a defeated field and a scandal to the US and the West which aim to find misguided and terrorist movements and organise international movements and recruits to spread in the Islamic world and find a security margin for the Zionist entity (Israel).”
Firuzabadi said the CIA, Mossad and the British Intelligence are plotting against the Syrian people or regime, while, he added, that al Qaeda and all the extremist organisations had nothing to do with Sunnis and Shiites and that what was produced by the authoritarian regimes of terrorist bodies, will soon apply in Europe and the USA.
On Friday, Tunisian temporary President Moncef Marzouki called the Jordanian King, Abdullah II to discuss the ways of providing aid to the displaced Syrians, who had temporarily taken refuge in the kingdom.
Meanwhile the United Press International has published a statement of the Tunisian Department of Information and Communication which stated that previous communications between Tunisia and Jordan has resulted in an agreement about Jordan receiving a Tunisian medical mission within the framework of the Tunisian contribution in humanitarian efforts to aid the displaced Syrians in Jordan. The framework was discussed last month by the Tunisian President and the Jordanian Charge d’affaires of the embassy in Tunisia. To this effect, they agreed to support the Syrian refugees and facilitate the entry procedures of the Tunisian medical equipments to Jordan.
On the same day, Jordan called for an international conference to discuss the issue of the displaced Syrians and announced that it would not tolerate any future deficiency towards them.
Mohammad Halaiqa, Chairman of the Foreign Affaires Committee of the House of Representatives, said in an interview on the Jordanian state TV “We welcome an Arab Islamic initiative to stand by Jordan and assist with the large flow of Syrian refugees. Any future deficiency towards the refugees could be Jordan’s responsibility therefore I call for an international conference to discuss this matter.”
He invited the Arab countries to visit Jordan to see the situation for themselves and stressed that the flow of Syrian refugees exceeded Jordan’s capabilities and fretted what might happen if the influx and troubles in Syria continued.