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TOP OF THE NEWS Syrian helicopter gunships strafe Aleppo rebels July 31, 2012 Syrian government forces used helicopter gunships to strafe rebel-held districts in Aleppo on Monday and shelled the area on the third day of a pitched battle for the commercial capital. The army's offensive in Aleppo was focused on Salaheddin district in the southwest, a stronghold of the rebel Free Syrian Army, said the Syrian Revolution General Commission. NEW OPINION Pot, kettle and black July 30, 2012 In a weekend in which the battle for Aleppo might prove to be a key moment in fundamentally altering the face of the region, Mitt Romney could do nothing but trot out a rhetoric that is out of step with the Middle East of today. COMMENT A new Shiite voice in the making Hanin Ghaddar , July 30, 2012 The Shiites' discontent with Hezbollah cannot lead to any significant political changes as long as there is no true alternative to the Party of