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Urgent: Syrian army captures 70 pct of Eastern Ghouta area

Xinhua,March 20, 2018 Adjust font size:

DAMASCUS, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Syrian army said Friday it had captured 70 percent of rebel-held areas in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus. Enditem