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Fighting Rages in Aleppo and southwestern Syria
SYRIAN troops have shelled several districts in Aleppo...For centuries, Aleppo was Greater Syria's largest city and the Ottoman Empire's third, after Constantinople and Cairo. Although relatively close to Damascus in distance, Aleppans regard Damascenes as country cousins... and clashed with rebels as Damascus ...The City of Jasminis the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... ally Iran proposed a simultaneous halt to the violence and a peaceful solution to the conflict. Clashes erupted in Bustan al-Qasr in the southwest and in nearby Izaa as both districts were shelled, residents of Syria's second city said, also reporting fighting further south in Sukari. Posted by: badanov 2012-09-19 |
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