echoed by the Local Coordination Committees of Syria (LCC), an anti-Assad group monitoring the war, who also said Assad forces had targeted rebels in northern Latakia province and fired mortar shells in Homs province. Syrian state media reported that rebels in the Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus had fired rockets on residential areas. However, the LCC said clashes occurred after Assad forces had attempted to storm the area, “shelling it with missiles.” Additionally, the Syrian Civil Defense reported artillery strikes in countryside south of Damascus, and mortar strikes in Hama province, carried out by Syrian state forces. Credit: YouTube/Syrian Civil Defense">