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Syria Live Coverage: Fighting on the Iraq Border
Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 8:06 | Scott Lucas in EA Live, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
Extract from President Assad's interview with Sunday Times of London (see 0800 GMT)
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Saturday's Syria Live Coverage: The Fighting Around Aleppo
2205 GMT: Casualties. Footage, with graphic images of the wounded, has been posted of the aftermath of regime shelling of the Damascus suburb of Douma.
1840 GMT: Elections in Insurgent-Held Areas. A vote has been held to elect 29 council members for insurgent-held areas in Aleppo Province.
"For the first time, Aleppo will have a freely elected provincial council. We hope the whole of Syria will have a free election soon," candidate Yehia Naanaa from Hreitan said.