DAMASCUS -- Clashes across Syria still continues. In fact, explosions erupted Thursday evening in several suburbs of Damascus as the sound of gunshots reverberated across the Syrian capital. Clashes took place between the Syrian troops and armed rebels in Damascus' suburb of Douma, Harasta, al-Razi orchards, Muadamyiah and Daraya, and clashes have become daily occurrences across Syria, particularly around the capital. Four civilians were injured Thursday by the explosion of a booby-trapped motorcycle near a mosque in the northern city of Aleppo. Separately, two government soldiers were killed and five others injured in clashes with armed groups in the countryside of northwestern province of Idlib. The 16-month-old crisis in Syria has turned into severe armed confrontation, with rebels carrying out attacks on government troops and establishments and the army responding heavily to the assaults.