Syrian warplane strike kills, wounds dozens
UPDATED: Jan 2, 2013 14:22 GMT
Syrian government warplanes hammered the Damascus suburbs and other targets Wednesday and left dozens dead in an airstrike on a fuel station.
The fighting raged as President Bashar al-Assad'sgovernment works to ramp up its air attacks and rebelstarget air bases.
At least 50 people died and dozens were wounded in theDamascus suburb of Mleiha in the fuel station air raid, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said, citing initial reports.
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"The number of martyrs is likely to be increased due tocontinuous pulling of the bodies from under the rubble," the LCC said.
The victims were among 105people killed in the country on Wednesday, most of whom died in Damascus and its suburbs.
Aerial shelling was reported in the Damascus suburb of Harasta, in the cities of Aleppo and Deir Ezzor and other locations.
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In Idlib province, Syrian rebels, including jihadists, fought to wrest a key military air base from government forces Wednesday, the opposition said, as anti-regime fighterskept up the heat on al-Assad's forces.