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Clashes rock Damascus, regime pounds Latakia: NGO

Rebels went on the offensive in and around Damascus while 18 people were killed in shelling, blasts and clashes across Syria, including coastal Latakia, a watchdog said on Wednesday. “Violent clashes broke out in Harasta between regime troops and rebel forces,” the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.