[batavia-news] SPlintered Damascus holds its breath

 

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Sep 4, '13

 

SPlintered Damascus holds its breath
By Karlos Zurutuza

"Life is almost normal in the center of Damascus," local resident Hisham says from the predominantly Christian neighborhood of Bab Touma. "Only the occasional noise of artillery on the outskirts reminds me that we are at war."

The sound of artillery is now normal in Damascus. Hisham tells IPS on the phone from Damascus of the constant jams "due to the tight security measures" as well as increases in the price of food and fuel. But shops are still well stocked in his district, he says. This is an area where President Bashar al-Assad and his late father and former president Hafez al-Assad still fight for

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