Clashes around Damascus, Internet still cut
- Published: 30 Nov 2012 at 12.47
- Online news: World
Fighting raged around Damascus as Internet and phone links in Syria remained cut for a second day and rebels consolidated gains in the east, capturing an oil field near the Iraqi border.
Syrian men inspect the scene of a car bomb explosion in Jaramana, a mainly Christian and Druze suburb of Damascus. Fighting is raging around Damascus as Internet and phone links in Syria remain cut and rebels consolidated gains in the east, capturing an oil field near the Iraqi border.
Meanwhile, UN leader Ban Ki-moon predicted that Syrian refugee numbers will surge to more than 700,000 by January as the country's conflict reaches "appalling heights of brutality."
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