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Syria: Government Airstrikes on Rebel-Held Suburbs Show Limits of Opposition Push to Take Damascus
(AP-Washington Post) A wave of attacks on rebellious districts of Damascus on Thursday were part of the government's efforts to keep rebel fighters out of President Bashar Assad's seat of power. Rebel forces are currently fighting the government in areas on three sides of the capital. The opposition's advance on the capital has bogged down because the rebels lack the firepower to challenge Assad's forces and remain helpless before his air force.