Violence draws ever closer to Syrian capital

Syrian troops stormed a flashpoint suburb of Damascus yesterday, rounding people up in house-to-house raids and clashing with army defectors, activists said, as the 10-month-old uprising inches ever closer to the capital.

Violence draws ever closer to Syrian capital

Even as the fighting raged in Douma, tens of thousands of backers of President Bashar Assad 16 kilometers away indowntown Damascus in a show of support for his embattled regime.

Similar pro-regime rallies were held in other cities yesterday, even as the bloodshed continued elsewhere — offering a sign of the deep divisions over the country’s deadly revolt.

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