29 January 2012
Last updated at 04:16 ET
Some eastern suburbs of Damascus are controlled by anti-government forces
The Syrian army has moved to retake control of eastern Damascus suburbs from rebel forces, activists say.
They say tanks are reinforcing the assault that began on Saturday. Clashes are said to be continuing on Sunday.
More than 25 people are said to have been killed in what activists describe as the fiercest fighting around the capital during the 10 month-uprising.
The major escalation came as the Arab League suspended its month-old monitoring mission in the country.
On Saturday, Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi said: “Given the critical deterioration of the situation in Syria and the continued use of violence… it has been decided to immediately stop the work of the Arab League’s mission to Syria.”
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