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Archive Home > 2012 > July > 17 > Neighborhoods become combat zones as Syrian fighting spreads into capital

Neighborhoods become combat zones as Syrian fighting spreads into capital

By Neil MacFarquhar / The Bulletin
July 17, 2012

BEIRUT — Several neighborhoods in the Syrian capital of Damascus turned into combat zones Monday as street battles between the government and rebel forces spread for a second day, with activists reporting that tanks fired down city streets.

The fighting raged as obstacles to forge a united....

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