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August 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Fighting between soldiers and rebels has broken out for the first time near
two Christian districts of Damascus, according to reports.
The Britain-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights said fighting began at dawn on the outskirts of
the Bab Tuma and Bab Sharqi neighbourhoods. One soldier was reportedly
killed.
“This is fighting in areas where it has not happened before. These are
areas where the rebels have so far not had access,” Observatory chief
Rami Abdel rahman said.
Bab Tuma and Bab Sharqi are traditional Christian quarters in the Old City of
Damascus, previously popular with tourists and the location of several
hotels. They have also been the scene of several pro-regime protests in the
past.
Earlier the Local Coordination Committees (LCC) that organises protests on the
ground, reported a blast and heavy gunfire from Baghdad Street, a main
arterial route through the city.
The LCC also said that the capital’s southern suburb of Tadamun was hit by
mortar fire at dawn.
Damascus residents heard explosions and intermittent gunfire late on Tuesday
in several districts, notably in the southwestern neighbourhood of Kfar
Sousa.
Fighting in that district broke out again on Monday after a lull when rebels
attacked a checkpoint of regime forces using rocket-propelled grenades.
Since July 20, the battle between the rebels and government forces has focused
on the country’s commercial capital Aleppo in the north.
On Tuesday 154 people – among them 35 civilians, 63 soldiers and 27 rebels –
were killed in violence nationwide, around half in Aleppo.
Both troops and rebels poured into Aleppo on Tuesday as both sides battened
down for the long haul after 40 police were killed on day four of a pivotal
battle in the nearly 17-month conflict.
According to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, more than
20,000 people have been killed since the uprising broke out in mid-March
last year.
There is no way to independently verify the figure, while the UN has stopped
keeping count.
Source: AFP
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