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Syrian rebels have attacked key military targets and over-run two police stations in Aleppo, killing 40 officers, an observer group says.
Clashes between the rebels and loyalists of President Bashar al-Assad were also reported in the capital Damascus, the eastern city of Deir Ezzor and Daraa in the south, cradle of the more than 16-month uprising.
100,000 troops put on standby as Turkish army units are moving toward Syrian border on Monday.
Turkey is deploying more troops to the border, sending tanks, armored combat vehicles, more missile launchers and infantry troops, the state-run Anadolu agency reported.
Turkish local press reports said Monday that all units of the Turkish Land Forces’ 2nd Army Command have been put on standby.
Rebels captured a government military base Monday on the outskirts of Aleppo, the hotly contested Syrian metropolis that has seen more than a week of bloody clashes.
The base had about 200 Syrian troops and appeared to be under attack by rebels from three sides overnight.
“The battle lasted around nine hours,” said Fazad Abdel Nasr, a rebel commander working in the northern Aleppo suburbs. Nasr said six regime soldiers and four rebel fighters were killed.
Syrian troops said they had recaptured a district of Syria’s largest city Aleppo, after heavy fighting against rebels who remain in control of swathes of the commercial hub despite being pushed out of the capital Damascus.
The past two weeks have seen forces of President Bashar al-Assad struggle as never before to maintain their grip on the country after a major rebel advance into the two main cities and a July 18 explosion that killed four top security officials.
Heavy clashes between al-Shabaab islamist integralist militants and government forces have taken places in Gedo region this morning, south of country.
Regional governor, Mohamed Abdikali, has referred to Shabelle local media that at least 26 islamist fighters have been killed.