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Topic: Bassam al-Dada

June 12, 2013
11:48 pm

Syrian rebels firing locally made shells made from gas cylinders against the Syrian forces, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 (photo credit: (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ENN, File)

Syrian rebels press US and allies to send weapons

Obama administration undecided over arms shipments, fears materiel could end up in terrorists’ hands

By Sarah El Deeb and Zeina Karam

March 14, 2013
10:37 am

Mideast Syria Rebel A_Horo

Syrian rebels killing captives, rights group charges

Amnesty International reports militias fighting to topple government often slaughter soldiers and suspected regime informers

By Karin Laub

December 6, 2012
8:48 am

An illustrative photo of a Sunni gunman firing his weapon during clashes that erupted between pro and anti-Syrian regime gunmen in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon in December 2012. (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Lebanese irresistibly drawn into Syrian civil war

Gunmen loyal to either the Damascus regime or the rebel forces clash on the streets of Tripoli, leaving six dead

By Bassem Mroue

November 7, 2012
11:43 pm

A Syrian rebel fires at sniper positions in the town of Harem, Syria, near the Turkish border, Tuesday (photo credit: AP/Mustafa Karali)

Britain: Obama victory an opportunity for Syria

Turkey says NATO members have discussed using Patriot missiles along the Syrian border

By David Stringer and Elizabeth A. Kennedy