Traffic moves by a car in flames along a roadside in Deir al Zour.<br/> <br />The car reportedly came under attack by a government sniper -- but the video can not be independently confirmed by Reuters.<br/> <br />More footage shows the ongoing shelling in Damascus.<br/> <br />A rebel commander said government forces are targeting rebel-held districts in Damascus -- stepping up efforts to drive opposition fighters from the capital and build on battlefield gains elsewhere in the country.<br/> <br />In the past two months President Bashar- al Assad has recaptured important regions in central Syria linking Damascus to his Alawite heartland on the coast.<br/> <br />His troops now appear focused on eliminating the rebel threat to the capital.<br/> <br />Assad's gains, after more than two years of a war that has killed more than 90,000 people, come amid growing signs of rebel infighting that has pitted Islamist fighters against the Western- and Arab-backed Free Syrian Army.
