Syria Battles Rebels Along Strategic Damascus Corridor

Syrian government forces have been locked in a bitter struggle to control strategic ground outside the capital, Damascus, and a highway along the Lebanese border leading to the northern coastline. Attempts by government forces to chase rebels out of the corridor leading north appear to have stalled Amateur video reportedly shows anti-government rebels, calling themselves the Army of Islam, shelling government positions and firing automatic weapons at them. Anti-government Arab media...

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