Syrian forces deploy in Damascus suburbs after two days of clashes

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 73 people were killed in two days of sectarian clashes in suburbs of Damascus and the south of the country.

Fighting between Druze and Sunni gunmen was sparked by a voice recording cursing the Prophet Mohammed, which Sunni militants claimed was made by a Druze.

The spiritual authority for the Druze community in Jaramana, where the fighting began, has condemned the…