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Friday, June 29, 2012

Bombings and armed attacks leave 30 dead just on the outskirts of Damascus

Syrian regime forces bombed and invaded with tanks various locations on the outskirts of Damascus, where, according to the opposition, caused the deaths of more than 30 people on Thursday. Most deaths were recorded in the town of Duma, the scene of attacks with tanks and helicopter gunships, have denounced the opposing platforms and Local Coordination Committees Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Among the victims are a whole family and several children. In the Duma, the government troops broke out with tanks and armored vehicles in other nearby towns as Saqba, causing more casualties. According to the Committees, the total number of deaths in violence this Thursday across the country reached 90 people, a number that the Centre reduced to 60 civilians and 23 government forces, killed in fighting with the rebels. The other region was most punished by bombing Homs, where numerous homes were destroyed and about 20 people died. Opponents also charged that the city of Atarib situated in the province of Aleppo, there was a mass displacement of people after the destruction caused by the intense bombing of the Syrian Army. In the city of Deraa, the bombing of the town of Ashara caused the deaths of a couple and their three children, an operation that also resulted in several arrests and house burnings. The Committee indicated that, despite the military campaign, about 10,000 people attended Wednesday's funeral of three young men who died on Wednesday in a bombing that hit the city of Dael. As for the violent battles fought between government forces and rebels, the agency reported that they extended the outskirts of Damascus, Deir ez Zor, Homs, Idlib and Deraa. According to UN figures, more than 11,000 people lost their lives in the 16 months since the last armed conflict in Syria, the opposition figure that rises to more than 15,000 people. In addition, about 230,000 have moved both internally and more than 60,000 have sought refuge in neighboring countries, according to the same data.

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