At least five members of Lebanese group Hezbollah have been killed after their headquarters was targeted by Al-Nusra Front in Qalamon Mountain in Damascus countryside, according to a monitoring group.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that about five members of Hezbollah and three others of the Syrian regime were killed on Saturday in Flita, a village just inside Syria in the Qalamon mountain range after they were attacked by Al-Nusra Front.
The Syrian regime forces supported by gunmen bombed Al-Nusra Front in Qalamon area, causing losses to the Front, the SOHR noted.
The regime forces also bombed areas in the towns of Al-Taybah and Zakia in western Damascus countryside, injuring several people in Zakia, the SOHR said.
The regime forces also carried out raids on homes of citizens in an area in western Damascus countryside, the SOHR said, citing some activists in the area.
Clashes erupted between the regime forces supported by gunmen on one hand and Islamic battalions on the other hand near the city of Douma in eastern Ghouta, but no casualties were confirmed.
Meanwhile, al-Assad forces continued to prevent the entry of food into the south of Damascus for the 20th day in a row.
Sirens of ambulances were heard when the killed and injured of the Assad regime were transferring to military hospitals. Sound of shooting in the vicinity of Al-Mazraa district in Damascus and explosions in were heard as well.
According to the SOHR, Islamic battalions attacked by mortars some areas of the regime troops and forces loyal to them in Al-Mallah area in the north of Aleppo