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Intense fighting reported inside Damascus city limits
Source: Reuters
Intense fighting reported inside Damascus city limits
By Erika Solomon
BEIRUT | Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Opposition fighters battled Syrian government forces in poor districts of Damascus on Sunday in some of the most intensive daytime fighting yet inside the city limits of the capital.
Activist Samir al-Shami, who spoke to Reuters by Skype from Damascus, said the fighting was underway in the al-Tadamon district in the capital's south, after a night of sustained battles in the nearby Hajar al-Aswad district.
"There is the sound of heavy gunfire. And there is smoke rising from the area. There are already some wounded and residents are trying to flee the area," he said, showing live video images of smoke visible over the skyline.
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By Erika Solomon
BEIRUT | Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:58am EDT
(Reuters) - Opposition fighters battled Syrian government forces in poor districts of Damascus on Sunday in some of the most intensive daytime fighting yet inside the city limits of the capital.
Activist Samir al-Shami, who spoke to Reuters by Skype from Damascus, said the fighting was underway in the al-Tadamon district in the capital's south, after a night of sustained battles in the nearby Hajar al-Aswad district.
"There is the sound of heavy gunfire. And there is smoke rising from the area. There are already some wounded and residents are trying to flee the area," he said, showing live video images of smoke visible over the skyline.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/15/us-syria-crisis-idUSBRE8610SH20120715
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