Heavy fighting in districts of Damascus

Regular troops of Syria launched attacks today in neighborhoods and Kantam Aasali, two of the last enclaves controlled by the dissident rebels in the Syrian capital, as announced by the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. "After the attack, the regular forces made searches and arrests," said the NGO adjoins the Syrian opposition and based in London. The day before, the army had recaptured most of the capital. Today's battles in the early afternoon had claimed 42 lives, according to the Observatory. Meanwhile, an Iranian general said today that allies of Syria "will not allow a regime change" in this country and will always "strike hard" against the enemies of Damascus if they decide to intervene in the ongoing conflict. "The Syrian people and the friends of Syria will not allow a regime change," said Masood Tzazageri, deputy head of the armed forces, relied on official website of the Revolutionary Guards (sepahnews.com), the special forces of the Islamic republic. "The friends of Syria and the resistance movement (SS against Israel; in that Tehran considers as belonging to Iranian, Syrian, Palestinian forces and the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah) have not yet entered the stage," said the Iranian military . "If you do manage to strike hard at the front of the enemy, including the Arabs" who belong to it, he threatened. Tehran has repeatedly criticized Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who have openly expressed their support to the guerrillas and Syrians have called to equip. "The Syrians harbor great anger against the evil governments of America, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other allies of terrorists," argued Tzazageri. He accused the U.S. and Israel of conducting a stubborn campaign against Syria "and assured that they will be confronted with" a major defeat. " Arab and Western countries demand the withdrawal of Assad from power in Syria, where more than 19,000 people have been killed since the rebellion broke out before 16 months, according to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights. Furthermore, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced today that over 10,000 Iraqi refugees in Syria were forced to flee the country because of violence Wednesday. According to a representative of the UNHCR, there are "great fear for their safety in Iraq." Many refugees fear for their lives, including women and children, according to the UNHCR, and the service was offered financial assistance. More than 150,000 Syrian nationals have fled their country because of violence, also said the commission, increasing by 30,000 the number from the one announced on July 18 (120,000). Yesterday brought some 6,000 Syrians in Lebanon, where already the refugees from their country more than 30,000, while today the commission announced that 5,000 Syrians brought in Jordan, where 36,000 are already in the organization and the UN is struggling to build a camp for 120,000 refugees. In addition, approximately 44,000 Syrians are refugees in Turkey. Moreover, today's newspaper Washington Post reported that "gaps" in intelligence in Syria delay Washington's efforts to accelerate the fall of Bashar al-Assad and forging alliances with the opposition in the field. According to the American newspaper, the CIA has managed to create a solid presence in Syria, in contrast to what had happened with the revolts in Egypt and Libya. The U.S. intelligence agencies are limited "to intercept communications and monitor the impact of distance," says the newspaper. Also based on their counterparts in Jordan and Turkey for obtaining information, since after the close of the U.S. embassy in the country do not have agents in Syria, only a few border, always at the Post. According to the report, the CIA has given weapons to the rebels, but cooperates with Saudi Arabia and Qatar, as equipping the rebels. For their part, the Syrian rebels accused the regime that currently carrying chemical weapons near the border, a day after the threat of Damascus that will use them in an "attack from abroad."