▁fighting . ▁F SA ▁forces ▁also ▁reported ly ▁suffered ▁heavy ▁losses ▁in ▁the ▁Bd ama ▁neighborhood , ▁where ▁a ▁re bel ▁batt alion ' s ▁first ▁lieutenant ▁was ▁killed . ▁Reb els ▁reported ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁their ▁units ▁was ▁surrounded ▁during ▁the ▁cl ash es , ▁while ▁some ▁other ▁batt al ions ▁pulled ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁front line ▁or ▁had ▁never ▁joined ▁the ▁battle . ▁ ▁The ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Sh am ▁Fal con ' s ▁brig ade ▁claimed ▁the ▁re bel ▁f igh ters ▁were ▁able ▁to ▁progress ▁in ▁al - Ar q ou b , ▁M ays al oon , ▁Abd ulla ▁al - J ab eri ▁square , ▁Ham d ani ya ▁and ▁J amil i ya . ▁He ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁Sy rian ▁army ▁was ▁using ▁plan es ▁and ▁bar rel s ▁of ▁explos ives , ▁and ▁" there ▁were ▁f ero cious ▁batt les ▁in ▁S ale h aden ▁and ▁al - Amer i ya ▁and ▁al - S uk ari . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁gu err illa ▁war . ▁The ▁Sy rian ▁army ▁would ▁come ▁forward ▁ 1 0 ▁metres , ▁we ▁would ▁move ▁forward ▁ 5 0 ▁metres ▁and ▁then ▁if ▁we ▁need ▁to ▁pull ▁back , ▁we ▁pull ▁back ." ▁SO HR ' s ▁Ab del ▁Rah man ▁said , ▁" Ne ither ▁the ▁regime ▁nor ▁the ▁reb els ▁are ▁able ▁to ▁gain ▁a ▁decis ive ▁advantage ." ▁ ▁Reb els ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁storm ed ▁a ▁government ▁radio ▁station , ▁while ▁government ▁war ▁plan