Syria accuses UN chief of encouraging militants

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A state-run newspaper says Ban Ki-moon is encouraging militant attacks by criticizing government.

28 April,2012 02:03 pm

A Syrian government newspaper says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is encouraging militant attacks by focusing his criticism on the government.Saturdays editorial in the state-run Tishrin daily comes a day after Ban said Syrian President Bashar Assads continued crackdown on protests has reached an intolerable stage.Tishrin says Ban has avoided talks about rebel violence in favor of outrageous attacks on the Syrian government.Meanwhile, Syrian troops killed at least 10 rebels on Saturday in fighting in the Damascus region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.