Fiercest fighting yet reported inside Damascus

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Opposition fighters battled Syrian government forces in Damascus on Sunday in what residents described as the fiercest fighting yet inside the city limits of the capital. As night fell, activists said the fighting was spreading from the south of the city to a second area, and government troops had closed the airport road. Numerous residents contacted by Reuters said they could hear loud explosions, persistent gunfire and sirens wailing, and described the fighting as the worst so far of the 17-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad
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