Rebels take heavy losses, fail to break siege near Damascus

Rebels take heavy losses, fail to break siege near Damascus

Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Sunni rebels have sustained heavy losses in a failed counter-offensive in central Syria. The opposition said Islamist rebel militias failed in an operation to end a siege by the Syrian Army around Damascus. Scores of rebels, including commanders, were said to have been killed in two days of intense battles […]