Syria army pushes offensive in Daraa: monitor

May 18, 2014

Syria's army pressed a counter-offensive against rebels in the south of the country today, firing a surface-to-surface missile and carrying out numerous air strikes in the area, a monitoring group said.

The violence comes a day after the army launched a massive bid to reclaim strategic positions in the west of Daraa province seized by rebels in recent weeks, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.