Fighting Rages in Syria; 52 More Said Killed
At least 52 more civilians were killed across Syria in the latest fighting of the 15-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad’s government, opposition activists said Wednesday.
The dead included 17 in the suburbs of the capital, Damascus, according to the Local Coordination Committees of Syria, an opposition network. Most of those were killed in the suburb of Douma, which the LCCS said was being shelled by government troops.
Another 10 people were in Hama and seven in Daraa, cities that were the scenes of previous fighting between anti-government protesters and Syrian police and troops. The remainder of the fatalities were scattered across six other cities, including Idlib and Homs, where the Red Cross said fighting between government forces and armed opposition groups continued in several neighborhoods.