活动人士的视频显示，政府坦克和军队从干线公路上进入大马士革中心。政府正在集结自身的防御力量，以色列情报局称，军队被从戈兰前线调来保卫首都。叛军自由叙利亚军宣布发动“大马士革火山行动”，规模最大、组织最精密的反对组织穆斯林兄弟组织称，目前加入的这场战斗是决定性的。

Iraq has said it will pursue legal action against the Syrian ambassador to Baghdad, Nawaf Fares, who defected last week. He told a British newspaper that after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, he'd helped Syria send al-Qaeda jihadi units to Iraq. In response, the Iraqi government has said that Mr Fares' comments amounted to a confession of complicity for attacks inside Iraq.

伊拉克称将起诉上周变节的叙利亚驻巴格达大使法里斯。他告诉一家英国报纸，称2003年美国入侵伊拉克后，他曾帮助叙利亚将基地组织圣战小组送到伊拉克。伊拉克政府对此回应，称法里斯的言论相当于承认在伊拉克国内合谋进行袭击。

Police in Chile have arrested two former military officials on charges of torturing to death the father of the former President Michelle Bachelet. Vanessa Buschschluter reports.

智利警方逮捕两名前军官，指控他们将前总统米歇尔·巴切莱特的父亲虐待致死。Vanessa Buschschluter报道。

A judge charged Ramon Caceres and Edgar Ceballos were being responsible for the torture that caused the death of Gen Bachelet. The general was loyal to President Salvador Allende, who was deposed in a military coup in 1973. Soon after the coup, Gen Bachelet was taken to a military academy, where he was questioned and tortured by members of the armed force he had previously led. His daughter Michelle, who became Chile's first female president in 2006, was also detained and tortured. The two officers have not yet commented on the charges.