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* Fierce clashes around Qusair and east of Damascus
* Le Monde reporters say they witnessed chemical attacks
* EU ministers fail to agree on easing Syria arms embargo
By Erika Solomon
BEIRUT, May 27 (Reuters) – Heavy fighting raged around the strategic Syrian border town of Qusair and the capital Damascus on Monday and further reports surfaced of chemical weapons attacks by President Bashar al-Assad’s forces on rebel areas.
The Syrian military pounded eastern suburbs of Damascus with air strikes and artillery and loud explosions echoed around al-Nabak, 80 km (50 miles) north of the capital, where fighting has cut the highway running north to the central city of Homs, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights group said.
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