Syria: Syrian forces pounded opposition hubs in Aleppo, Homs and Damascus
Syrian forces pounded opposition hubs in the cities of Aleppo and Homs on Friday, according to news agency and Al Arabiya reports, adding that regime forces battled fighters around Damascus.
On the ground, violence was also reported in other towns and villages across the country, with the bloodletting showing no signs of any let-up a day after the United Nations formally called time on its observer mission.
At least 157 people were killed across Syria by security force gunfire so far on Friday, according to the Local Coordination Committees activist group.
The army clashed with rebels near the main military airport in Damascus and shelled southern parts of the capital as well as areas of the commercial city of Aleppo and the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.