Airstrikes On Damascus Follow Rebel Attack

Syrian government forces say they've beaten back a sustained attack by rebels in the eastern districts of the capital, Damascus. We get the details from BBC Arabic.

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(Photo: An opposition fighter from the Failaq al-Rahman brigade fires a heavy machine gun in Jobar, a rebel-held district on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on March 19, 2017. Credit: Amer Almohibany/AFP/Getty Images.)