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Government air and ground forces assaulted a strategic city in northern Syria in an attempt to recapture it from rebel forces. Government forces launched air attacks across the country. A senior air force general was assassinated.
Syrian air force on offensive after failed truce
Government jets conducted heavy air strikes in Damascus. Two car bombs exploded in the capital, killing at least 10 people. Intense gun battles broke out in Damascus and along a strategic highway between Damascus and Aleppo.
Al Nusrah Front denies responsibility for deadly car bombing in Damascus
Syrian jihadist spillover haunts Jordan
A UN-sponsored truce ended as fighting resumed across the country. Fighting spread to Kurdish sections of Aleppo. Residents said 200 Kurdish fighters have moved into the previously peaceful area. Sunni and Shia fighters from Iraq have entered Syria, bolstering forces on both sides of the conflict.
Hizbollah debates dropping support for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad
Iran Uses Aid to Build Afghan Influence
Influx of Iraqi Shiites to Syria Widens War's Scope
Despite a truce agreement, heavy bombardment and gun battles were reported in several major cities. A rebel commander called the truce a failure.
On the first day of a four-day truce, a powerful car bomb killed five people in Damascus. Forty-seven others were killed in other incidents around the country.
Lebanon's Hezbollah drawn into Syria conflict
Foreign fighters worry - and boost - Syrian rebels
Al Nusrah Front rejects UN-proposed truce
UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi announced an agreement for a four-day ceasefire during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. The Assad regime has agreed to the ceasefire, while rebels groups said they would cease fire provided the government forces stop shooting first.
Western powers call for political stability in Lebanon
Syria rebels pessimistic on mediator's ceasefire plan
Jordan seeks to curb flow of fighters to Syria
Rebels attempted to capture a military base near a strategic highway connecting Damascus with Aleppo. Twenty people were killed in Aleppo when government forces shelled a neighborhood bakery.
Is Syria's regime spreading turbulence as a survival tactic?
