Syria Resumes Shelling On Damascus Districts -- Al Jazeera
Tanks and helicopters launch deadly strikes in southern areas of the capital as rebel fighters return.
The Syrian army has deployed tanks on a ring road surrounding Damascus and shelled southern neighbourhoods where rebels operate, the heaviest bombardment in the capital since the army reasserted control last month, residents and activists said.
At least 40 people were killed in the shelling, which was accompanied by attacks from helicopters, and in ensuing ground raids on the Kfar Souseh, Daraya, Qadam and Nahr Aisha neighbourhoods, they said.
"The whole of Damascus is shaking with the sound of shelling," a woman in Kfar Souseh said.
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