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Bread queues, destruction as war comes to Damascus
Jul 23rd, 2012
After a bloody, weeklong siege in the Syrian capital, residents who stayed behind are facing hours-long lines for gasoline and bread, stinking piles of garbage in the streets and scenes of destruction unimaginable in a city that had long been spared the worst ravages of the country's uprising. (Source: Associated Press) -
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