Fight rages on near Damascus
Regime airstrike kills at least 7, say human-rights activists
Posted: January 21, 2013 at 5:04 a.m.
Free Syrian Army fighters clash with government forces in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday. According to a recent United Nations estimate, more than 60,000 people have died in the Syrian civil war.
Syrian government troops battled rebels in several areas outside Damascus on Sunday while regime warplanes bombed opposition-held areas around the capital, including an airstrike on one village that killed at least seven people, activists said.
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