From Washington, this is VOA News.来自华盛顿的VOA时讯 _________________________.I\'m Ira Mellman reporting from Washington.我是埃勒·梅尔曼,在华盛顿为您播报。 Syrian cities have taken a broad and heavy fighting between government forces and rebels this weekend.Reports say government forces pounded the neighborhood of Tadamon, on the southern outskirt of Damascus,trying to uproot one of the last rebel-held areas in the city.The country\'s civil war has intensified in recent weeks as rebels focus on the country\'s two biggest cities, Damascus and Aleppo.Meanwhile, Iranian media says Tehran has asked Turkey and Qatar to help secure the release of 48 Iranian nationals kidnapped Saturday in Damascus.Iran says the victims were religious pilgrims,but in an interview on Al Arabiya television,a brigade commander says the Free Syrian Army described the captured as elite Iranian Revolutionary Guards.本周末,政府军与反对派爆发大规模冲突。记者称,政府军猛攻大马士革南部郊外的Tadamon附近地区,试图扫清该城市叛军最后盘踞区域之一。最近几周,反对派持续进攻叙利亚两座大城市,大马士革与阿勒颇,导致内战局势不断升级。与此同时,伊朗媒体称伊朗政府请求土耳其及卡塔尔协助营救周六在大马士革被绑架的48名伊朗公民。伊朗称,受害者为宗教朝圣者,但是在一期阿拉伯电视访谈节目中,一名旅级指挥官称该被绑架人士是叙利亚自由军口中的伊朗革命卫队精英。