Syrian rebels fight each other in besieged Damascus enclave


  • World
  • Saturday, 29 Apr 2017

FILE PHOTO: Rebel fighters of Jaysh al-Islam gather in Tal Farzat in the besieged rebel-held eastern Ghouta area of Damascus, Syria February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighting between rebel groups in the biggest insurgent stronghold near the Syrian capital Damascus entered a second day on Saturday, while government forces pressed an offensive against the besieged enclave, a war monitor said.

The clashes broke out in part of the densely-populated rural area east of Damascus known as the Eastern Ghouta which has been besieged by Syrian government forces since 2013.

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