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LATEST FROM Damascus

Army tank bombed on Daraa highway - March 5, 2013

March 05

In this video the FSA claims destroying an army tank on the highway between Damascus and Daraa; the main road between Syria and Jordan. Video courtesy of Media Khirbet Ghazaleh

Tank on Damascus Southern Highway fires on Eastern Ghouta- March 4, 2013

March 04

The FSA and the Syrian army have been fighting over the Southern Highway since the 'epic' battle for Damascus was declared. The road seperates areas held by the FSA in southern ...

Army destroys homes throughout capital, breadlines lengthen

March 04

March 4, 2013 by Muhammad al-Safadi Government forces reinforced positions throughout the capital Monday destroying residential structures near strategic locations as civil...

Syrian army destroys residential buildings in Darayya - March 01, 2013

March 01

The army continues its four month assault on suburban Darayya, home to Al-Mazzeh AFB . The town is 5 kilometers from the Presidential Palace and the 4th Division HQ and is just ...

Damascus: 'We had information about an important security meeting, so we struck'

February 28

February 29, 2013 Syrian rebels set the 120mm caliber mortars used to strike “Security Square” in Damascus on February 27. Al-Maghawier Forces, an armed group operating u...

Q&A: Who are the al-Maghawier Forces?

February 28

February 28, 2013 Ahmed Kwider talks to Sariya al-Dimashqi, whose Al-Mughawier Forces grabbed headlines this week after launching mortars at the Faculty of Arts in Damascus on We...

Pharmaceutical factory burns in south Damascus

February 27

Damascus burns: The battle for Syria’s capital presses toward the city center, with the Ticket Pharmaceutical Factory reportedly bombed on Monday afternoon in the Sidi Miqdad di...

Yarmouk neighborhood shelling - February 27, 2013 - al-Yarmouk LCC

February 27

Aftermath of government shelling on al-Yarmouk Camp. This neighborhood has been a target of intensive army barrage for two and a half weeks. Our reporter in the neighborhood say...

Q&A: ‘Hezbollah forces are present inside Damascus’ - activist

February 27

February 27, 2013 By Ahmed Kwider Muhammad al-Ashmar is a spokesman for the group Nabid al-Asimat Dimashq and lives in Damascus. Q: Is it necessary for the armed opposition to ...

Video of purported car bomb exploding in Damascus

February 26

Damascus Nights: At :33 seconds in, what opposition activists claim as a car bomb detonates in the regime’s Tank Compound in the Jobar district. Heavy gunfire, and possibly anti...

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