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Serious Gunfire in Damascus

March 19, 2012 · Mustapha Hamoui

I don’t think this is the endgame in Syria yet, but I’m not surprised at all that it’s happening. If I were a Syrian resistant fighter in the wake of the Baba Amr onslaught, I would ask myself the question: Where’s the best place to fight the regime without risking a deadly city siege and incessant rocket bombardment? The only natural answer at this point is Damascus.