Syrian army defectors attacked an intelligence complex on the edge of Damascus early on Wednesday, the first such reported assault on a major security facility in the eight-month uprising against President Bashar Assad, activists said.
Members of the Free Syrian Army fired shoulder-mounted rockets and machine guns at a large Air Force Intelligence complex situated on the northern edge of the capital at about 2.30 a.m. local time (7.30 p.m. Tuesday ET), it said in a statement.
The renegade group said the other attacks targeted military checkpoints in the Damascus suburbs of Douma, Qaboun and Arabeen and Saqba.
The claim of the attacks could not be independently confirmed and the Free Syrian Army released no details about the fighting or possible casualties.
Attacks near Damascus are rare, and clashes between defectors and troops have in the past been concentrated in the northwestern province of Idlib and central region of Homs and the southern province of Daraa.
The attacks are the latest sign of growing pressure on Assad both within Syria and from other countries, including the U.S.
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