Heavy clashes continue around Syria following the massacres by both sides yesterday as President Bashar al-Assad urged his military to further up the ante against the rebels.
Freedom is somewhat of a loose term no matter what you might think of those rousing speeches in films and television shows like The West Wing. There are limits on personal freedoms in order to maintain some semblance of a civilised society – personal liberties are curbed in certain circumstances as to prevent people on encroaching on the liberties of others. It’s an awkward balance.
The fighting continues in Aleppo, Damascus, and across Syria with atrocities being committed by both sides in this increasingly splintered civil war
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Syrian government forces claim to have regained complete control of Damascus and that they are making inroads into rebel held areas in Aleppo as hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians flee the fighting.