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Death toll soars as Syria government pounds rebel enclave

Eastern Ghouta suffered some of its worst bloodshed in years on Tuesday with the death toll continuing to mount

A Syrian civil defence volunteers in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on 6 February (AFP)
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