Ongoing Clashes End Syria's Failed Truce -- Al Jazeera
Activists say at least 100 people died on Sunday amid clashes in Damascus suburbs, Aleppo, Idlib and other places.
Syrian fighter jets have bombarded a rebel stronghold on the edge of the capital, on the final day of an attempted truce that has been shattered by air raids and fighting between the two sides, opposition activists say.
They said jets on Monday targeted Harat al-Shwam, a residential neighbourhood east of Damascus which President Bashar al-Assad's forces had tried to storm, encountering stiff resistance.
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