Activists said troops have launched an assault on the Damascus suburb of Douma
More than 2,300 Syrians have fled into Turkey since Wednesday, officials there have said, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon warns the crisis is escalating.
The figure is more than twice the highest previous one-day total in March, when more than 1,000 people crossed over the border.Earlier, the UN called for the Syrian government to "urgently" implement an agreed ceasefire.
Meanwhile, activists said troops have attacked a Damascus suburb.
Blasts and gunfire rocked the suburb, Douma, on Thursday in an assault which the opposition said showed an intensification of violence.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who is fighting to crush a year-long uprising, agreed late last month to a UN-Arab League peace plan which sets a 10 April deadline for a ceasefire.
But there has been little sign of his adherence to the deal, while the opposition say the leader is stalling for time to make gains on the ground.
A UN team has arrived in Damascus to negotiate the possibility of deploying UN monitors to oversee any ceasefire.
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