NGO: Syrian Rebels and Regime Clash in Aleppo
A car bomb exploded as rebel and regime forces clashed in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Saturday, while mortar rounds struck near Damascus, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Two rebels opposed to President Bashar Assad's regime were killed in fighting in Aleppo, said the Observatory, while a car bomb exploded in Liramun in the northwest of the city, and nearby areas were shelled.
Mortar rounds meanwhile struck Deir al-Asafir, an area south of Damascus where rebels and regime forces have clashed.
Regime troops in the capital cut a number of roads and blocked off areas, preventing residents from leaving, and warplanes overflew the Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus.
In eastern Syria, a rebel was killed in fighting in Deir Ezzor, while areas of the Old City neighborhood of the central city of Homs were shelled, said the Britain-based group.
On Friday, 106 people -- 42 soldiers, 42 civilians and 22 rebels -- were killed in violence across Syria, according to the Observatory, which says more than 39,000 people have died since the conflict began in March 2011.
Source: Agence France Presse
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