Rebels Hold Off Regime Attacks in Rural Damascus

Activists said that 15 pro-regime militants were killed and many others wounded during clashes with rebels in Tabbakh farmlands, located between the towns of Deir al-Assafir and Mleiha in East Gouta. Rebels hold off attempts by regime forces to storm the towns of Zebdin and Deir al-Assafir, killing seven pro-regime militants and injuring many others. Rebels also destroyed a T-72 tank and a Shilka vehicle during clashes with regime forces near the 81^st Regiment, alongside barrel bomb attacks on the area. A woman was killed by the regime’s snipers in the town of Zebdin, while a child was killed in barrel bomb attacks on the outskirts of Zabadani.  Three civilians, including two children, were killed when regime forces opened random on civilians in the town of Al Tal in rural Damascus. (Source: Syrian Coalition + Sham News + Smart News)