48 Assad soldiers were also killed in the attack Thirty people have been killed in Syria during shelling in the cities of Homs and Damascus, it has been revealed today.According to reports, government forces have continued to storm the town of Darya in Damascus, shelling a number of neighbourhoods with rockets and artillery. The bombing campaign has resulted in mass destruction of the country’s capital, say activists.
Seven people were also killed and dozens injured when a bomb exploded in a bakery in Deraa – during a campaign described as one of the most violent since the conflict began in 2011.
The news comes after it was revealed yesterday that 149 people were killed, including six children, when government forces fired two powerful scud missiles in Damascus.
Meanwhile, Iraqi army tanks have reportedly shelled the Elierbeh crossing on the Syria-Iraq border, which is controlled by the Free Syrian Army (FSA). The attack apparently targeted a convoy of armed soldiers from the Syrian regime and killed 48 government forces. The Iraqi government has refuted the claims, accusing a “Syrian terrorist group” of masterminding the attack.
On the Syrian-Lebanon border, clashes between Lebanese organisation, Hezbollah and the FSA broke out over the control of villages along the border. Sources in the FSA said that fighting is continuous in the Qusir area on the border, while Hezbollah have accused the FSA of shelling Lebanese villages in Hermel.
In response, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, claimed that "Shiite villages" in Hermel are being forced to defend themselves.
"What is happening and what has appened in the past few days indicates that there is a large-scale military campaign by hundreds of FSA militants to displace the inhabitants of these villages,” Nasrallah said.
In other news, Israel warned the UN Security Council on Monday, that it would not stand "idle" while civil war raged beyond its border in Syria.
The Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, wrote to the Security Council to complain about artillery shells falling in Israel from Syria.
"It shouldn’t be expected for Israel to stand idly by, while the lives of its citizens are at risk by the reckless actions of the Syrian government,” wrote Prosor.