Rebels of the Free Syrian Army prepare to engage government tanks that have advanced into Saraquib city on April 9, 2012 in Syria. The Majallah
Clashes At Republican Guards HQ Near Damascus, Reports Of British Forces In Syria -- RT
Syrian government forces and the armed opposition are fighting in two Damascus suburbs, while there were also reports of overnight shelling in the capital.
The clashes have been happening in the suburbs of Qudsaya and Hammah, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports.
AP also says that fighting raged near the housing compounds and bases of the Republican Guard.
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My Comment: Considering the sources .... I am (as a rule) skeptical of these reports. But .... this is what they were saying about Libya's civil war, and what was reported then (Western special forces/intelligence officials assisting the rebels in the overthrow of Gaddafi) are remarkably similar to today's reports from RT and other Gulf military sources on Western military forces in Syria..