NGO: Syria warplanes strike near Damascus to halt rebel push
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Government warplanes launched strikes on areas southeast of Damascus on Monday after rebels seized key regime positions there, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
"Warplanes carried out four air strikes this morning (Monday) on the edges of the town of Mleha," near army positions the rebels captured at the weekend, the Britain-based monitor said. The rebels had pushed forward in the area after a suicide bomber from the al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front detonated an explosive-packed car at a checkpoint between Mleha and the neighborhood of Jaramana on Saturday. (AFP)
