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REPORT: Syrian army advances in border village of Yabroud

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12-03-2014 | 08:33

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REPORT: Syrian army advances in border village of Yabroud

This as sources close to rebels said that opposition fighters advanced on several sides surrounding the border village of Yabrioud, mainly near Rima Farms.

Thousands of people fled Yabroud, a town of an estimated 40,000-50,000 people roughly 60 km (40 miles) north of Damascus, and the surrounding areas after it was bombed and shelled last month ahead of the assault.

on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an anti-Assad monitoring group based in Britain, said Syrian aircraft dropped barrel bombs on Rima Farms and districts in Yabroud, but said there was no information on casualties.

Yabroud is also near the main highway linking Damascus to the former commercial hub Aleppo in the north and to the Mediterranean coast in the west, a stronghold of Assad's minority Alawite sect.

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