Some activists claimed that the fighting in Damascus was not unusual, and there wasn't any tanks in the city, while others said that it was "the worst fighting around the capital in the 10-month uprising."
一些活动人士声称在大马士革的战斗沒有不寻常，而城内没有政府军的坦克在活动，还有其他活动人士声称此时的战斗“是过去10个月以来在首都地区发生的最激烈的战斗”。