‘Fierce clashes’ around elite unit posts near Damascus

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Rebel forces and Syrian army units were locked in fierce clashes around elite Republican Guard posts in the suburbs of Damascus on Tuesday, a monitoring group said.
“Violent clashes are taking place around positions of the Republican Guard in Qadsaya and Al-Hama,” eight kilometres (five miles) from central Damascus, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights head Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.