Syria fighting rages despite major Muslim holiday

Syria fighting rages despite major Muslim holiday

BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian warplanes bombed several rebel-held areas today and opposition fighters fired mortar rounds and homemade rockets at Damascus on the first day of a major Muslim holiday, activists said. The fighting during Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, showed how entrenched both sides have become in Syria’s civil war, now in its third year. Previously, combatants occasionally attempted to observe holiday cease-fires.