AAP
December 07, 2012 10:25AM
There are growing concerns the embattled Syrian regime may resort to using chemical weapons.
TROOPS have waged fierce assaults on rebels around Syria, as top Russian and US diplomats failed in talks with the UN peace envoy to reach any "sensational decisions" to end the conflict.
President Bashar al-Assad's forces shelled Douma and Zabadani to the northeast of the capital and Daraya and Moadamiyet al-Sham to the southwest, official and activist sources said on Thursday.
As the army escalated its assault on rebel-held Daraya - the scene in August of the single deadliest massacre in Syria's 21-month conflict - more troops deployed to the town.
"Syrian army units continued today to pursue terrorists loyal to (the jihadist) Al-Nusra Front, which is part of al-Qaeda, in Daraya," state news agency SANA said.
The news agency added that the area would be "completely cleansed of terrorists soon".
An opposition activist told AFP that the rebel Free Syrian Army is fighting hard to keep the troops out of the town.
There were also clashes in Irbin to the east, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Meanwhile, in Damascus, security forces swarmed into the southern district of Zahra after a car bomb exploded. State television said al-Qaeda terrorists detonated a bomb in front of a Red Crescent centre in Damascus, causing one death and major damage.
Damascus province is now a key battlefield as government troops try to secure the perimeter of the capital, analysts say.
The Observatory said at least 57 people had died in violence nationwide.
The Britain-based watchdog has counted more than 42,000 deaths, most of them civilians, since the uprising began in March 2011.
In Dublin, talks among US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and UN peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi failed to make any major decisions.
Brahimi said all three agreed the situation in Syria was "very, very, very bad".
Amid fears the 21-month conflict may see the Syrian regime unleash chemical weapons, the three discussed ways to get Syria back from the brink, Brahimi said.
The United States has been calling on Russia to use its leverage with Assad to work on a political transition, although Washington insists the long-time leader has to go.
US officials hoped Lavrov was signalling a new willingness by staunch Damascus ally Moscow to probe ways to bring more pressure to bear on Assad to step down.
Brahimi said the three agreed to work on a peace process that will be based on a Geneva accord, adopted under the previous joint UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.
Clinton told reporters: "We have been trying hard to work with Russia to stop the bloodshed in Syria and start a political transition toward a post-Assad Syrian future."
"We very much support what Lakhdar Brahimi is trying to do. Events on the ground are accelerating," she added.
In London, Europe minister David Lidington says Britain will urge its European partners next week to amend the arms embargo on Syria to allow them to provide weapons to rebels fighting the regime.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/world/fear-of-chemical-weapons-rises-in-syria/story-e6frfkui-1226531776578#ixzz2EKmdFHNy
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