Syria Direct: News Update 7-17-2013

* Pro-regime Syrian political analyst Mohamad Darrar Jammo assassinated in Sarafand, south Lebanon, Al-Manar reports

*Outer Damascus: Syrian army continues operations in Eastern Ghouta, focusing on Qabon, according to state-run Tishreen News.

* Regime forces attack Jobar/Outer Damascus with mortar shells, Shahed News reports.

* A-Raqqa: clashes between FSA and regime forces in Ain Issa town with no casualties, reports Syrian Observatory.

* Artillery violent bombardment targets Kafar Nabodah in Outer Hamah, according to Hama Media Center.

* Regime targets Bab Hod in Homs, reports Syria LCC.

* Daraa: Regime artillery hits Sheikh Maskin, Daraa al-Balad LCC.

* SANA: Armed forces kill a number of Jabhat al-Nusra fighters in Homs’ al-Khalediyeh neighborhood.