BEIRUT, Lebanon — Gunfire rang out in the Syrian capital Sunday, residents told Agence France-Presse, as Islamist-led rebels said they were 'entering Damascus' in a lightning offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's forces.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Gunfire rang out in the Syria n capital Sunday, residents told Agence France-Presse, as Islamist-led rebels said they were 'entering Damascus ' in a lightning offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's forces.As a war monitor reported the army and security forces abandoned the capital's international airport, a source close to Hezbollah told AFP fighters from the key Assad ally had left their positions around Damascus .
Hezbollah 'has instructed its fighters in recent hours to withdraw from the Homs area, with some heading to Latakia and others to the Hermel area in Lebanon', the source also told AFP.A source close to Hezbollah earlier said it had sent 2,000 fighters into Syria, to an area near the Lebanese border, 'to defend its positions.
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