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Fighting in the capital of Syria between Free Syrian army and armed forces Bashar al-Assad 1903123.
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| Monday, March 19, 2012, 08:26 AM | |||
| Fighting in the capital of Syria between Free Syrian army and armed forces of Bashar al-Assad | |||
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heavy firefight broke out on Monday, March 19, 2012, between Free Syrian
Army rebels and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in a main district
of the Syrian capital Damascus that is home to several security installations,
witnesses said. |
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 Damaged vehicle is seen at the site after an explosion of a bomb car that went off behind a security office in Aleppo city March 18, 2012. A car bomb hit Syria's second city Aleppo on Sunday, a day after blasts killed 27 in Damascus. |
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They said the sound of heavy machinegun fire and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) echoed through the heavily guarded al-Mezze district. There was no immediate word on casualties but residents said by telephone the fighting was intense. "There is fighting near Hamada supermarket and the sound of explosions there and elsewhere in the neighborhood. Security police have blocked several side streets and the street lighting has been cut off," a housewife who lives in the area said. The fighting in
the capital came after a car bomb ripped through a residential area
of Syria's second city Aleppo on Sunday, and as activists reported heavy
clashes across the country between state forces and rebels fighting
to overthrow Assad. |
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