Damascus: Mid-day news update 4-16-13
The update from Damascus and its suburbs is provided by Shahed [...]
16 April 2013
The update from Damascus and its suburbs is provided by Shahed News, a network of vetted Syrian citizen journalists providing independent, accurate and reliable news from Damascus and its suburbs.
Damascus:
* Damascus had been calm until a car bomb exploded in al-Fahameh, followed by a heavy deployment of security and ambulances.
Outer Damascus:
* [Regime] heavy artillery bombardment targets the Southern Highway area near Zamalka, Irbin and Jobar.
* Air force raids the farms of Malayha in eastern Ghouta, the mortar bombardment on the town continues. Clashes [between the FSA and the army] continued near THAMICO.
* Four killed in mortar bombardment on Babila.
Politics:
* Moaz al-Khatib, the head of the Syrian National Coalition, calls for Jabhat a-Nusra to cut its ties with al-Qaeda. He said the revolutionary forces in Syria reject al-Qaeda’s ideology.