Panic on the streets of suburban Damascus

  • 11 years ago
Panic on the streets of suburban Damascus after a car bomb explodes.

The attack took place just outside a mosque.

At least 40 people were purportedly killed in the blast.

Little can be done to contain the flames of war as people try to save each other.

In other parts of the country the sound of war rings thorough empty streets.

The video which can not be independently verified by Reuters show plumes of smoke -- which are increasingly becoming part of the horizon.

Residents in one town in Idlib try to assess the nature of the threat in a country that provides few safe havens. More than 2 million people have fled the country

Amid the anguish the death toll rises daily.

More than 100,000 people have already been killed in the conflict where a resolution remains stubbornly elusive.

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