AND so the endgame begins.
In the Syrian capital Damascus, the street battles have become stubborn and protracted. In the country's second city, Aleppo, rebel fighters emboldened by the actions of their comrades to the south, rose up yesterday, turning this ancient city located at the crossroads of several trade routes from the second millennium BC into a modern-day killing field.
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