WORLD_ Syria truce dissolves as forces bombard major cities

Syria truce dissolves as forces bombard major cities

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Shaam News Network / AFP - Getty Images A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network on Oct. 27, 2012 shows a Syrian man walking on the rubble of a destroyed building following an attack by regime forces in Arbeen in the outskirts of Damascus. Syrian rebels announced the failure of a truce declared for Eid al-Adha, as fighting raged, warplanes buzzed key cities and at least 150 people were reported killed since a ceasefire came into effect.


By Oliver Holmes, Reuters


BEIRUT —Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad renewed their bombardment of major cities on Saturday and rebels launched several attacks, further undermining a truce meant to mark the Muslim Eid al-Adha religious holiday.

The violence, reported by residents, opposition supporters and Syria's government, came on the second day of the ceasefire called by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who had hoped to use it to build momentum to end the 19-month-old conflict in which an estimated 32,000 people have been killed.

Syrian state news SANA reported dozens of "ceasefire violations" by rebel groups including a car bomb in front of a Christian church in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor.

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Activists in Deir al-Zor and in Aleppo, which is Syria's most populous city and about half controlled by rebels, said mortar bombs were being fired into residential areas.

Residents in Damascus posted internet footage of fighter jets they said bombed the suburbs of Erbin and Harasta. Eight people were killed, according to the residents and to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based opposition organization with a network of sources within Syria.


Handout / REUTERS Residents and members of the Free Syrian Army walk in an area damaged after a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad fired missiles at Erbeen, near Damascus Oct. 27, 2012.


It was not possible to verify events due to Syria's restrictions on media access. The army has said it agreed to the ceasefire but that it has a duty to respond to rebel attacks.


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