Opposition forces have embarked on a new strategy 'to bring the fighting into the centre of the capital'. The Telegraph
Syria Fighting Intensifies In Assad Stronghold Damascus -- L.A. Times
The clashes are fierce, the opposition says, but they probably do not mean that the Syrian president, whose soldiers are better armed, will be ousted soon.
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Armored vehicles patrolled the streets of the Syrian capital's historic Midan quarter. Shelling and gunfire rattled the southern neighborhood of Tadamon. Protesters burned tires to block major roads.
The Syrian uprising, which grew from the nation's provinces, appears to have come to Damascus in earnest during the last two days.
Opposition activists have called the clashes on Sunday and Monday in Damascus the heaviest fighting to date in President Bashar Assad's seat of power.
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More News On The Fighting In The Syrian Capital of Damascus
Syria: Civil war engulfs Damascus -- Christian Science Monitor/AP
Syrian Rebels Push War Into Capital Damascus -- Time/AP
Residents flee Damascus as Syrian capital sees heaviest fighting so far in country's 'civil war' -- The Telegraph
Syria Rebels Take Battle to Capital's Streets -- Wall Street Journal
Syria fighting closes in on capital -- Reuters
Syrian rebels battle tanks in Damascus -- USA Today
Fighting Spreads in Damascus; Russia Resists Pressuring Syria -- New York Times
Syrian rebels push war into Damascus -- Herald Sun
Activists report clashes continuing in Syrian capital -- CTV/AP
Syrian capital's clashes continue in southern part -- Xinhuanet
Defector: 'The battle for Damascus is coming' -- CNN
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