Damascus clashes

Damascus clashes
Damascus Clashes
Part of 2011 Syrian uprising
Date 3 November 2011-Present
Location Damascus, Syria
Result Ongoing
Belligerents
Syria Free Syrian Army Syria Syrian Army
Casualties and losses
unknown at least 6 killed
at least 26 protesters killed

The Damascus Clashes are an ongoing series of confrontations in the Syrian capital of Damascus as a result of the 2011 Syrian uprising. Large Anti-Government protests have taken place in the suburbs and centre of Damascus[1] with the situation esculating when members of the Free Syrian Army started attacking military targets in November.[2]

Protests

Large anti-Government protests were shot at by Bashar al-Assad, killing 23 protesters in a single day.[3] More were killed in October[4]

Attacks on Government Buildings

On 16 November, According to opposition sources, Syrian army deserters attacked a military intelligence office in Harasta, a suburb of the capital Damascus, killing six soldiers and wounding more than 20. "The Syrian Free Army struck with rockets and RPGs" said Omar Idlibi, the Beirut-based spokesperson for the opposition Syrian Local Co-ordination Committees. It was also said that all the army defectors involved returned after the atttack.[5][6]All

Other attacks targeted military checkpoints in the suburbs of Douma, Qaboun and Arabeen and Saqba.[7]A Russian offical said that the outbreak of fighting in Damascus "looks like a civil war."[8]

On 20 November, a loud explosion wass reported to have occurred in the heart of Damascus, the Syrian capital, amid reports of a grenade attack on offices of the ruling Baath Party, the boldest attack to date by army defectors.[9]

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