BEIRUT – Syria’s partial cease-fire is unraveling, as fierce fighting between government forces and opposition fighters, erupted Saturday outside the country’s second largest city of Aleppo.
At least 25 pro-government fighters died in clashes south of Aleppo a Britain-based monitoring group told The Associated Press.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting continued throughout the day Saturday close to the village of Tel al-Ais, which overlooks the main road connecting Aleppo with the capital, Damascus.
On Thursday, a bombing carried out by government planes outside Damascus killed 33 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Government airstrikes also targeted the public square in the opposition-held city of Maarat Nouman in the northern Idlib province Friday.
 Several rebel factions boasted about battling government forces on social media, including groups nominally subscribing to the cease-fire.
The Islam Army, whose political coordinator heads the opposition delegation engaged in peace negotiations with the government in halting talks in Geneva, announced it had killed 20 soldiers in fighting outside Damascus Friday.

Source: The Associated Press, April 2