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Syria activists: 22 civilians die in fighting near Damascus
They're still killing each other. One of these years they'll stop.
[IsraelTimes] Syrian activists and a monitoring group say almost two dozen civilians have been killed in the last three days of fighting in the suburb of the capital, Damascus, along with dozens of government forces and rebels.

The Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that since Tuesday, 22 civilians died from government shelling and bombardment of the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta suburb.

It says 29 pro-government fighters have been killed while scores of rebels were killed or maimed. The fighting is the latest breach of a local truce, brokered by Russia, The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
 and Iran.

The activist-run Ghouta Media Center says 15 non-combatants were killed on Wednesday, when Ahrar al-Sham
...a Syria jihadi group made up of Islamists and salafists, not that there's that much difference, formed into a brigade. They make up the main element of the Islamic Front but they don't profess adoration of al-Qaeda and they've been fighting (mainly for survival) against the Islamic State. Their leadership was wiped out at a single blow by a suicide kaboom at a crowded basement meeting in September, 2014...
 rebel faction penetrated into a Syrian military compound in the area to battle pro-government fighters there. The fighting is still underway.
Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-17
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