None of his three allies reacted, although a bewildered Mr Dos Santos - whose forces are fighting with tanks, artillery and aircraft for Mr Kabila - said he thought the discussion was about a ceasefire.
Until he started work in February, the military pattern in Syria had been consistent for several months – occasional forays by rebels into urban areas followed by excessive reaction by government troops, with artillery, snipers, and mass arrests.
The director of the hospital told the Guardian that it was a "heavy artillery bombardment".
They said the army was advancing toward Jaar, another town in militant hands for over a year, in a three-pronged attack supported by heavy artillery shelling and air raids.
Turkish units on the border fired at targets inside Syria for a fifth consecutive day on Sunday, responding to a Syrian shell that landed near the centre of Akcakale, where five civilians were killed on Wednesday in previous Syrian artillery fire.
Turkey and Syria have been firing artillery and mortars across their volatile border since last week after shelling from Syria killed five civilians.
An occasional military truck or a Humvee speeds in the opposite direction, ferrying the injured and dead, passing the wreckage of an artillery piece, a blown-up turret from a Humvee and a great multitude of mangled metal objects.
Hospital serves 200,000 people #GazaUnderAttack Updated at 1.37pm BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 1.23pm BST13:23 16 wounded in hospital attack Some 16 patients were wounded when the al-Aqsa martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah was attacked in a "heavy artillery bombardment", its director general Medhat Abbas confirmed to the Guardian.
Pro-Russia rebels said on Tuesday they had started pulling heavy weaponry back from the frontline in accordance with the putative peace plan, which aims to create a buffer zone between the two sides' artillery.
For Prophet Smith, it was a manifestation of the divine: "I arose, and to my great joy, beheld the stars fall from the heavens like a shower of hailstones... it seemed as if the artillery and fireworks of eternity were set in motion to enchant and entertain the Saints, and terrify and awe the sinners of the Earth".
