fierce battles erupt between syrian regime rebels near damascus
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Fierce battles erupt between Syrian regime, rebels near Damascus

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Smoke billows following a reported air strike in the rebel-held parts of the Jobar district
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Syrian government forces battled rebels on the fringes of Damascus on Sunday, after the rebels attacked from a residential district towards a main square that is a gateway to the heart of the Old City, rebels and a monitor said.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the army and allied forces clashed with rebels in the Jobar district of the heavily fortified capital, an area that lies nearly two km north east of the old city walls.

A rebel commander said the assault on the army’s last line of defense of the city’s residential areas was aimed at relieving pressure on rebels who have lost ground in Qaboun and Barza, north of Jobar. The assault by a coalition of rebels included two suicide bombings launched by Islamist brigades, he added.

“This is to relieve the pressure on rebels with the regime not stopping its bombardment and artillery shelling,” Abu Abdo, a commander from Failaq al Rahman said via internet messaging, adding that the rebels had seized several buildings that overlooked the Abbasiyin square, in the heart of the city.

Another rebel fighter told Al Arabiya English: "The regime received us in green buses so we went to them with our red guns and artillery."

Sounds of shelling and gunfire could be heard in the centre of Damascus since the morning, a witness said.

Syrian state television said the army was fighting to repel an attack by militants in Jobar and bombarding them with artillery.

Heavy explosions rang out in the background as state TV broadcast live from Abbasiyin square, where the once teeming area seemed to be deserted of traffic and pedestrians.

Source :Al Arabiya

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