BEIRUT: Syrian troops killed at least 10 rebels on Saturday in fighting in the Damascus region, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Earlier, the Britain-based watchdog spoke of fighting near a presidential palace in the coastal Latakia region, but gave no immediate details of any casualties.

Ten civilians were among 14 people killed in renewed bloodshed on Friday, more than two weeks into a promised ceasefire, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Among them, it said, two civilians died in a Damascus suicide bombing that state media said killed 11.