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Syria: 'operation Damascus volcano' - live

• Clashes in Damascus continued overnight• Russia drafts an 'enhanced' UN security council resolution• Manaf Tlass calls for 'constructive transition'9.07am: Syria: Two more brigadier generals have fled to Turkey, AFP reports citing a Turkish foreign ministry official."Some 330 Syrians including two brigadier generals fled to Turkey Tuesday night," the official said.On Monday night a brigadier general and several other military officers were among 1,280 Syrians who crossed the border, according to the Turkish daily Zaman.8.45am: Syria: The Dutch journalist Sander van Hoorn reports heavy fighting in the northern Damascus suburb...

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Published By: The Guardian - Wednesday, 18 July, 2012