Syrian forces press Ghouta advance Syria's regime pressed its relentless offensive on Eastern Ghouta Monday as diplomats at the United Nations pushed for new efforts to end the "bloodbath" in the rebel enclave. Air strikes and rocket fire slammed into the towns of Harasta and Arbin, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, as the regime used the recently recaptured town of Medeira nearby as a launching pad for a ground assault. IMAGES of Harasta and Arbin