Plumes of smoke and fireballs outside of Aleppo as an arms depot reportedly comes under attack by rebel forces.<br/> <br />In Damascus amateur video which could not be independently verified by Reuters shows a skyline marked by smoke and fire.<br/> <br />President Bashar al-Assad has lost control of large parts of Syria but his forces, backed by air power, have so far kept rebels away from central Damascus.<br/> <br />The government is struggling to contain a revolt in which 60,000 people have been killed since March 2011.<br/> <br />Assad's government announced that he is reshuffling parts of his cabinet to help address a deepening economic crisis.<br/> <br />The civil war has ravaged infrastructure and halved the output of staple crops.<br/> <br />In a town near Homs citizens scramble through bombed out streets trying to help each other. They struggle to hold on to what they can of the life they once had -- where there are few signs of a pathway to peace.
