(Al Jazeera) Islamic State fighters on Monday battled Syrian rebel forces in Asali, a southern district of Damascus, bringing ISIS within 5 km. of the center of the capital. "This is the closest ISIS has ever been to the heart of Damascus," said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
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