The regime of Bashar Assad has intensified its military campaign throughout the country, increasing its presence in the Rif Dimashq governorate, whilst also escalating its campaign in the northern city of Aleppo, says the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

According to a report in Asharq Al-Awsat Tuesday, political activists in Aleppo said that “the regime continued its savage campaign against the city, opening a new front in the north where violent clashes are raging."

The opposition Local Coordination Committees reported that around 100 people had been killed on Monday, the majority in Damascus and the surrounding area. An activist at Judaydat Artuz said that “al-Assad regime soldiers and pro-regime Shabiha militia are carrying out provocative actions in the town's square, dancing and singing over the bodies of their victims as they celebrate victory."