A car bomb kills 29 insurgents in Homs; dead and wounded in Damascus. The Opera House also hit. 39 rebels were killed in Ghouta. In the Zaatari (Jordan) refugee camp a woman was killed during clashes with the police. The refugees complain of poor and precarious conditions.
The reasons for the attack remain unclear. Some sources told AsiaNews that the priest was involved in mediation between the rebels and the army to save the local population, tried by starvation and constant shelling.
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