International Crisis Group
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Syria: Battle For The Cities | KVIA
The Syrian government blamed last Friday’s rebel attack on an electric power station in downtown Damascus on “armed terrorist gangs” – the same epithet it has used to describe the protest movement that erupted in the southern border city of Daraa more than a year ago.
But the gunfire and explosions that echoed across the Syrian capital in recent days have underscored a turning point of sorts.
The clashes shattered the notion that Damascus exists in a security bubble.
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Syria: Battle for the cities | CNN
By Ivan Watson, Omar al Muqdad and Shiyar Sayed Mohamed
Istanbul, Turkey – The Syrian government blamed last Friday’s rebel attack on an electric power station in downtown Damascus on “armed terrorist gangs” – the same epithet it has used to describe the protest movement that erupted in the southern border city of Daraa more than a year ago.
But the gunfire and explosions that echoed across the Syrian capital in recent days have underscored a turning point of sorts.
The clashes shattered the notion that Damascus exists in a security bubble.
