Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters stand in front of an unfinished refugee camp that the FSA says was destroyed by Syrian regime air strikes in Bab Al-Hawa, near the Syria-Turkey border, November 26, 2012. REUTERS/Abdalghne Karoof
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian war planes attacked towns in the country's north and east and killed at least five civilians in a strike on an olive oil press as fighting raged in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, opposition activists said.
The latest fighting follows recent battlefield gains by the rebels in their struggle to topple President Bashar al-Assad, but it is far from clear if a strategic breakthrough is likely.
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