AMMAN, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Syrian troops stationed on a mountain overlooking Damascus fired artillery barrages late on Thursday at a southern neighbourhood of the capital, witnesses said, hours after Syria's army command accepted a U.N.-proposed ceasefire.
The shelling targeted Hajar al-Aswad, a poor neighbourhood inhabited by refugees from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
Rebels have been using the heights to launch operations against forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, several activists and residents of the capital said.
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