CNN  —  Syrian opposition forces claim to have taken control of Daraa city in southwestern Syria, inching closer to the capital Damascus. The rebels are now battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces from two directions; the north and the south, in an attempt to close in on Damascus. Daraa is where the Syrian uprising started …

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