Syria crisis: Fierce fighting erupts near Damascus

The violence came as Turkey issued a stark warning to its neighbour Syria over the downing of a jet last week.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told parliament that if Syrian troops approached Turkey's borders, they would be seen as a military threat.

In other developments on Tuesday:

The head of UN peacekeeping operations, Herve Ladsous, said the monitoring mission in Syria would remain suspended because of mounting violence
Russia said its foreign minister Sergei Lavrov would attend an international conference on Syria which special envoy Kofi Annan hopes to hold in Geneva on 30 June

Rebels are getting more confident.

Can we intervene yet? So no more innocent Children have to die!!???

nah, not enuf oil....

one more and then Ill leave it alone.