Clashes kill 44 near Damascus: state media, monitor
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At least 44 people were killed in and near the Syrian capital Sunday in regime air strikes and rebel mortar fire, reports from a monitoring group and state media said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 32 people were killed in air raids on two rebel-held towns near Damascus. Seventeen were killed in Douma, northeast of the capital, and 15 in Kfar Batna, to the east, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman. A woman and child were killed in each of the towns. read more