In another day of fierce fighting in the strategic Syrian town of Qusayr, government forces backed by fighters from the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah continued their offensive on Tuesday against anti-government rebels who have long held the town amid conflicting reports about the progress of the fighting.
Warplanes launched airstrikes Tuesday morning on Qusayr, in the central province of Homs, as clashes raging between rebels and Hezbollah fighters left two rebels dead, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a watchdog group based in Britain with contacts in Syria.