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                    Syrian Forces Shell Damascus, 12 Killed

   by VOA News

   Syrian government forces have renewed their attacks in the capital,
   Damascus, killing at least 12 people.
   The Britain-based [1]Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says
   Wednesday's deaths occurred in Kfar Souseh, Daraya and other southern
   districts where anti-government rebels operate.
   Residents said the shelling and aerial bombardment were some of the
   fiercest since the army reasserted control of the opposition
   neighborhoods. They said rebels who had left the city last month during
   a brutal army campaign had started to return.
   Also Wednesday, medical sources in Lebanon said at least seven people
   were killed overnight in the northern city of Tripoli in clashes
   between Sunni Muslims and Alawites divided over Syria.
   More than 100 people have been wounded in fighting which erupted this
   week along a sectarian fault line separating rival neighborhoods in the
   city.
   Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is from the minority Alawite sect.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
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References

   1. http://syriahr.com/
   2. http://www.voanews.com/content/syrian-forces-shell-damascus/1493032.html