Syrian jets bombed the suburbs of Damascus and a car bomb killed 10 people in the capital yesterday, the last day of a four-day truce which UN chief Ban Ki-moon acknowledged had failed.
Each side blamed the other for breaching the Eid al Adha truce arranged by international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who nevertheless promised to pursue his peace efforts.
"I am deeply disappointed that the parties failed to respect the call to suspend fighting," Mr Ban said in Seoul, where he was visiting to receive the Seoul Peace Prize.
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