(AA-Zaman Al Wasl)- Opposition forces killed 13 Syrian regime soldiers on the outskirts of Syria’s capital city Damascus, Syrian rebels claimed Thursday.
A local Syrian activist, Abu Eyad, said the Free Syrian Army killed 13 Syrian soldiers loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Jobar district, which is located in northeast Damascus.
“The Syrian regime could never gain control of Jobar in the past and will never succeed now,” Eyad said.
The activist also claimed that he heard news of Assad visiting the nearby Jobar military base to give moral support to his troops. “Assad came to military bases near the district of Jobar, but he cannot come over here.”
Hama Media Center reported killing of 4 Assad’s soldiers in clashes with rebels in Hama countryside
The General Commission of Syrian Revolution said 7 people were killed in Homs province due to heavy shelling on the rebel-held neighborhood of al-Waer.
Opposition forces began protests
in March 2011 to topple Assad’s regime, a struggle that turned into a civil war
in July of that year after regime forces violently suppressed the
demonstrations.
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