Fierce clashes erupted between the Syrian army and opposition militiamen on Sunday concentrated in strategic areas of rural Damascus, RT website reported citing a military source.

Fierce clashes erupted between the Syrian army and opposition militiamen on Sunday concentrated in strategic areas of rural Damascus, RT website reported citing a military source.

Those points cover the southern region of Damascus, where the Yarmouk, Qadam, Al-Assali, al-Hajar al-Aswad refugee camps located, following the national army control over Sbineh.

More clashes are taking place on the eastern axis of Damascus, where the Syrian army directly hit the gunmen headquarters in Jobar, Ein Tarma and Zamalka.

RT reporter stressed that the Syrian army has seized control over some of the villages bordering the Mount Hermon southwest Syria.