Fierce battles between the Syrian opposition and the regular army in Homs

Syrian forces clashed with groups of opposition fighters in the Syrian city of Homs today, Monday, in the battle can be critical in efforts to cut government and opposition fighters lines linking the capital and the coastal areas are strongholds of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

And Assad's forces launched an offensive in Homs ten days ago and bombed neighborhoods under the control of opposition fighters in the city center in the air raids and mortar attacks and tanks.

The opposition fighters controlled most of northern Syria, but they have gone back in front of Assad since the army restored control of the border town short in Homs last month near Lebanon.

The new leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition Ahmad Jarba "Reuters," The development of weak opposition fighters and suggested a truce during the month of Ramadan to stop the fighting in Homs.