Rebels clashed with Assad’s forces on the outskirts of the neighborhood of Jobar in Damascus, while and Yarmouk and Al Hajar al-Aswad came under artillery shelling. Mortar shells struck Kassa’a and Dwela’a, while three civilians were killed by the regime’s shelling of Bwaida near Damascus. Regime forces closed down Babila crossing, blocking the only road to southern Damascus. (Source: LCC)