New video purports to show rebels fighters battling Syrian government forces in Damascus and Aleppo.<br/> <br />Reuters cannot independently verify the content of the video.<br/> <br />Meanwhile, Syrian state TV reports that 175 rebel fighters were killed in an ambush by pro-Assad forces.<br/> <br />They said the majority of the rebel forces were foreigners and that the ambush occured on the eastern outskirts of Damascus.<br/> <br />The gunfire and explosions throughout the country were in stark contrast to President Bashar al-Assad's meeting with Iranian officials.<br/> <br />More than 136,000 thousand have reportedly been killed in a civil war that is just weeks away from its three-year anniversary.<br/> <br />All of this, as the bullets continue to fly.
