Rebels lobbed dozens of rockets and mortar rounds into Damascus on Wednesday, official and opposition media said, as Iran's top diplomat arrived in the Syrian capital for talks with officials of President Bashar Assad's government.
Meanwhile, both sides in the Syrian conflict reportedly agreed on a limited truce that would allow opposition fighters to exit Zabadani, a Damascus suburb that has been under government siege for weeks. The deal would facilitate delivery of humanitarian aid to a pair of loyalist towns cut off by rebel forces in northwest Syria.
Syrian state media reported five people were killed and 55 wounded in the opposition barrage on Damascus, which is under tight government control.