BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces have tightened a three-year siege on two rebel-held suburbs southwest of Damascus by capturing land between the two and choking off their supply route, state media, a monitoring group and a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.
The suburbs of Daraya and Mouadamiya were linked by a strip of land that served as a supply route. Syrian and allied forces took control of this strip on Friday, having fought for it since December, the sources said.
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