And jon sopel is in washington. Seven years into the Syrian Civil War the battlefield grows ever more complicated. Turkey has made incursions in the north, russia and iran are fighting with the regime, and the us has sided with kurdish militias that helped to defeat Islamic State. The rebel territory that once spanned the country has now shrunk to small pockets in the north west, the south, and the Eastern Ghouta region just oustide damascus. This week over 200 people have been killed in Eastern Ghouta, its the deadliest period of fighting in syria in three years. Today the United Nations called for an immediate ceasefire. Our middle east editor jeremy bowen reports. This could be the beginning of the end of a rebellion in Eastern Ghouta that began in 2012. All the other smaller rebel held enclaves around damascus have been starved and bombed into submission. Explosion. Now, it looks to be Eastern Ghoutas turn as the regime pushes for decisive victory around the capital. All the other
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