Killed at least 38 civilians and 24 military clashes in Syria

A total of 38 civilians and 24 soldiers were killed Tuesday in Syria, as Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has reported clashes between government forces and rebels of the Free Syrian army in the suburbs located on the outskirts of Damascus , in "the worst wave of violence" in the area since the start of the uprising against President Bashar al Assad, 16 months ago. The Centre has indicated that there have been intense fighting near the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Qudsiya and in the suburbs of Al Hama and Mashrou Dumar, located nine kilometers from the capital. According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, in clashes have been killed "dozens of terrorists," a large number of wounded combatientos and some detainees, and have seized their weapons, including RPG launchers, sniper rifles, machine guns and ammunition. Also reported that "armed terrorist groups" blocked the old road between Damascus and Beirut. A video posted by activists shows gunfire and explosions, including violent images in the area. Samir al-Shami, an activist based in Damascus, said that tanks and armored vehicles took to the streets in the suburbs. Some opposition sources have reported the explosion of a tank. The Centre, based in the UK and a network of activists in different parts of Syria, has indicated that the security forces and armored vehicles stormed the neighborhood of Barzeh , an opposition stronghold in Damascus, from which you have heard intense gunfire. At the same time, Syrian state television said the rebels abducted on Tuesday by four-star general of the Air Force Shahadeh Faraj, at home located in the heart of Damascus, and that a special forces unit was rescued.

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According to the Observatory, over a hundred people were killed Monday result of violence, including 65 civilians and at least 31 members of the security forces. The highest number of fatalities have occurred in the city of Deraa (south), where at least 18 were killed, and Deir al Zor (east), with 17. At least 10,000 people have died in the conflict since March 2011, according United Nations, but diplomats say the real number is much higher. In the city of Homs, a video shot by activists shows heavy weapons explosions and plumes of black smoke rising above the roofs of the buildings destroyed and abandoned. Aid workers negotiating their safe return to Homs to try to evacuate the trapped civilians and wounded, has announced the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva. "We can not foresee that the team can do it," Reuters said ICRC spokesman Bijan Farnoudi. Aid workers have requested access to the flashpoint city since government forces and opposition groups agreed last week agency request for a humanitarian pause in the fighting. SANA has argued that members of the Monitoring Mission of the UN in Syria (UNSMIS) traveled Tartous province on Monday and checked "peace, security and stability prevail. "