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Syrian Troops Strike Near Damascus

Activists report “calm” when observers are present.

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The suburbs of Syria’s capital saw shelling and other violent activity by forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime Sunday, activists said. Even as the United Nations voted Saturday to send hundreds of extra observers to the country to maintain a fragile ceasefire, activists reported that violence often ceases in an area where U.N. observers are present, only to continue elsewhere. The shelling Sunday was in a suburban district outside the Syrian capital where opposition forces and Assad’s troops have clashed in the past, and at least two people were reportedly killed.

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