Renewed fighting erupts in Syria

Fresh fighting is reported in Syria, although both sides in the conflict reject its characterisation by a senior UN official as a civil war.

The violence comes despite both sides rejecting the characterisation of the conflict as civil war by a UN official.

The Syrian government insists it is fighting terror groups and rebels say they are defending a peaceful uprising.

Both sides have predicted a massacre at the western mountain town of Haffa, where rebel fighters are besieged.

Jim Muir reports.