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Clashes in Syria’s Aleppo, tense calm in Damascus

Heavy clashes between troops and rebels raged into a second day in Syria’s second city Aleppo on Saturday, activists said, while a tense calm reigned in Damascus after days of fierce fighting. The fighting in Aleppo came a day after the UN Security Council voted unanimously to grant a “final” 30-day…

With Syria imploding, is Hezbollah next?

The Christian Science Monitor

Hours after the bombing that killed senior security officials in Damascus on July 18, Hezbollah’s leader resolutely backed his ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. But such support does not help this militant group, which relies so heavily on Syrian assistance. The occasion for the remarks by…

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