Smoke clouds on the horizon in Damascus.<br/> <br />Amateur video out of Syria which could not be independently verified by Reuters, comes amid reports of fierce fighting on the outskirts of the Capital.<br/> <br />Airlines are now suspending flights into the country.<br/> <br />More footage shows damaged helicopters outside the city. Rebels claims this base after an overnight assault.<br/> <br />It's the second military base in the area that has fallen into rebel hands.<br/> <br />Footage out of Aleppo appears to show the downing of a fighter plane.<br/> <br />President Bashar al-Assad is fighting an insurgency that grew out of peaceful protests 20 months ago. It is now a civil war that has cost the loves of at least 40,000 people.<br/> <br />Foreign powers have condemned Assad but have stopped short of among rebels out of fear that weapons could land in the hands of radical Islamist units.
