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Syria’s Civil War Is Now Raging In Damascus
<p><a href=”http://video.theaustralian.com.au/2256656015/Fighting-erupts-in-Damascus-suburbs”>VIDEO: Fighting erupts in Damascus suburbs</a></p> Damascus Struck By ‘Most Intense’ Clashes Yet — Al Jazeera Opposition reports explosions and heaviest fighting to date in the capital as Syria army tries to invade neighbourhoods. Heavy clashes between rebels and regular troops have erupted in Damascus in the “most intense” fighting in the capital since the start of the anti-regime revolt in Syria 16 months ago, a monitoring group has said. “The regular army fired mortar rounds into several suburbs” where fighters of the Free Syrian Army are entrenched, said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday. “They have never been this intense,” Abdel Rahman told the AFP news agency. He said the fighting was heaviest in the Tadamon, Kfar Souseh, Nahr Aisha and Sidi Qadad neighbourhoods. Read more …. More News On Reports Of Heavy Fighting In Damascus Army pounds Damascus rebel strongholds — The Australian/AFP Syria conflict: Reports of heavy fighting in Damascus — BBC Damascus rocked by ‘most intense’ fighting of revolt — Asia One/AFP Fighting intense in suburban Damascus — UPI Rebels make their presence felt in Damascus — Daily Star Fiercest fighting yet reported inside Damascus — Reuters Assad troops move on Damascus as massacre toll is cut — The Independent Syrian Forces Wage Fierce Battle Against Rebels — Bloomberg Businessweek
