The Syrian rebels have long felt deserted by the international community who have stood by and let Assad’s superior military force leave many of those fighting for a secular democracy dead.
A car bomb has exploded in southern Damascus killing and wounding several people according to reports.
The Syrian civil war has become a stalemate in recent months, with neither the rebels or the Assad regime making much progress, whilst the casualties continue to mount. Is a ceasefire now apolitical possibility?
Discussions on how best to rid Syria of its chemical weapons arsenal continues in the UN Security Council, but in an interview with Fox News Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the operation would cost about a billion dollars and would take a year or more.
Syria has reportedly given Russia “material evidence” that opposition fighters have used chemical weapons during the ongoing civil war.