Syria scrambles to contain worst violence in years

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Syria's interim President Ahmed Al-Sharaa during a televised address in Damascus, Syria, following the deadly rise in violence. Photo: Syrian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS TV Syria's leader has vowed to hunt down the perpetrators of violent clashes pitting loyalists of deposed President Bashar al-Assad against the country's new Islamist rulers and said he would hold to account anyone who overstepped their authority.

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