BEIRUT, Safar 17, 1434, Dec 30, 2012, SPA - Al-Assad Regime's troops bombarded opposition bastions near the Syrian capital on Sunday a day after at least 32 civilians including 11 children were killed by air strikes and artillery fire in the Damascus area, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Observatory said that the children and two women were among the victims of bombardments focused on southwest and northeast Damascus suburbs and outlying towns on Saturday, according to a report of AFP. Overnight, regime forces battled fighters in the opposition stronghold of Harasta northeast of Damascus and bombarded the town of Moadamiyet Al-Sham to the southwest and Bait Saham near the airport road to the southeast, it said. The Local Coordination Committees, a network of activists on the ground, also reported artillery fire on Sunday on residential neighborhoods in Moadamiyet al-Sham coming from the direction of Mazzeh military airport. In the southern province of Daraa, the Regime's troops and opposing fighters clashed in the town of Sheikh Maskeen and battled for control of several small border crossings. --SPA 13:36 LOCAL TIME 10:36 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/1064004