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Syrian forces launch all-out Damascus assault

Syrian forces launched an all-out assault on opposition strongholds in Damascus Friday, a day after rebels seized crossings on the Iraq and Turkey borders on the 16-month conflict’s deadliest day so far. Rebel fighters also clashed with troops in several neighbourhoods of Aleppo in what the Britain.