(Reuters) Fighting between insurgent groups east of Damascus killed more than 50 people on Monday, bringing to more than 500 the number of people killed in rebel infighting since late April, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The fighting pits Jaish al-Islam, which has 7,000 fighters, against rival faction Failaq al-Rahman, with 2,000 fighters, for dominance in Eastern Ghouta just outside Damascus.
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