Fighting rages on in syria as government troops and rebel forces engage in fierce fighting on several fronts in eastern Ghouta.

Syrian forces and rebel groups have engaged in fierce fighting on several fronts in eastern Ghouta. Reports suggest a delegation from the opposition-held town of Hammuriyeh are considering an evacuation deal.

Syrian government troops and rebel forces clashed on multiple fronts in eastern Ghouta on Sunday, a day after the military effectively splintered the rebel-held enclave into three parts and isolated the region's largest town of Douma.
The regime's divide-and-conquer strategy saw troops cut off the road linking Douma with the enclave's largest town, Harasta.
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"Regime forces have therefore divided eastern Ghouta into three parts — Douma and its surroundings, Harasta in the west, and the rest of the towns further south," according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based monitor.