Syria Direct: News Update 7-18-2013

* Al-Manar: Regime army kills 48 rebels east of Castilo area in Aleppo province.

* Al-Arabiya: Syrian army assembles its forces again to break through at Qabon.

* LCC: Regiment 175 violently targets Nawa city in northwest Daraa.

* Shahed News: Air force conducts two raids on Jobar, northeast of Damascus.

* SANA: Syrian army destroys armed rebel hideouts in Sakhor neighborhood of Aleppo.

* Syrian Observatory: Jabhat a-Nusra clashes with Kurdish People‘s Protection units in al-Hasakah.

* SANA: Syrian army kills “terrorists” from different nationalities including Jordanians, Saudis, and Libyans; seizes explosive bombs made from C4 material.

* Shahed News: Regime forces attack blockaded Homs.