Syria Army Storms Rebel Town - Report

World | May 19, 2013, Sunday // 12:56

Syrian government forces have surrounded the rebel stronghold of Qusair and are storming it from several directions, says Syrian state TV.

Fighting has gone on around the town, near the Lebanese border, for weeks.

Syrian opposition activists said government air strikes and heavy shelling had killed at least 16 people in the town so far.

Opposition groups say militants from the Lebanese Hezbollah movement are fighting alongside government forces.

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