Syrian troops backed by fighters from Leba**n's Hezbollah on Sunday launched an assault to oust rebels from the foothills of the Qalamun mountains **rth of the capital, state television said. Elsewhere in the capital, fighters were due to withdraw "within hours" from the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk following a truce struck on Saturday evening to end deadly fighting, a Palestinian official said. Regime forces took parts of the strategic Qalamun region near the border with Leba**n in April, but some 2,000 rebel fighters withdrew to the hills from where they have launched guerrilla attacks. Fourteen fighters from the powerful Shiite Hezbollah group have been killed in the area over the past two weeks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
06-23-2014, 12:24 AM
Syria army battle rebels in key Damascus foothills: TV
Syrian troops backed by fighters from Leba**n's Hezbollah on Sunday launched an assault to oust rebels from the foothills of the Qalamun mountains **rth of the capital, state television said. Elsewhere in the capital, fighters were due to withdraw "within hours" from the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk following a truce struck on Saturday evening to end deadly fighting, a Palestinian official said. Regime forces took parts of the strategic Qalamun region near the border with Leba**n in April, but some 2,000 rebel fighters withdrew to the hills from where they have launched guerrilla attacks. Fourteen fighters from the powerful Shiite Hezbollah group have been killed in the area over the past two weeks, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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