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Rattiest City: Hajar Al-Aswad and Stories Vancouver

rattiest city: The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the shelling killed five and wounded 17.A group of journalists taken to the adjacent neighbourhood of Qadam on Tuesday witnessed intense shelling and airstrikes on IS positons in the camp and Hajar al-Aswad, according to Vancouver Courier. The crackle of gunfire echoed from the heavily damaged area. The TV said the aim of the operation is to destroy trenches and tunnels in the Hajar al-Aswad neighbourhood and the nearby Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, which is also mostly controlled by the extremists.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver is officially the rattiest city in B.C.'Vancouver police officers tackle issue of women and gangs Cost of living stats indicate tough road ahead for Vancouver familiesUBC and dead woman's former gardener battle over her Burnaby home and cashIS fighters in Hajar al-Aswad fired a shell on the nearby government-held neighbourhood of Nahr Aisha, killing four people and wounding 15, state TV said. The area in southern Damascus is the last part of the capital not controlled by President Bashar Assad's forces. The operation will continue until its goal is achieved, a Syrian military officer told reporters in Qadam, speaking on condition of anonymity under regulations. Other insurgents in the area, including an al-Qaida-linked group, have said they would relocate to rebel-held regions in northern Syria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.