Rebels Holding Large Swaths Territory as Syria Dictatorship Uses War Helicopters on Damascus | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Syrian forces besiege rebel bastions of Damascus

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Feared forces headed by President Bashar al-Assad’s brother used helicopters Sunday in a new offensive against rebels in Damascus, as clashes also raged in Syria’s second city Aleppo, activists said. The Fourth Brigade headed by Maher al-Assad was leading the assault in the Damascus neighbourhood of…