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Syrian Rebels’ Lightning Offensive Zeroes In on Major City
Syrian rebels were closing in on Homs after seizing two other major ... the city of Hama on Thursday, handing the rebels another victory after they seized Aleppo last week. The rebel advances ...
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Syrian rebels breach Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, in startling advance
Syrian rebels said ... the government-held city of Aleppo in a startling offensive that was the first time in nearly a decade that insurgents had breached the country’s largest city.
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Syrian rebels announce seizing full control over Homs, the third-largest city
Syrian rebel ... Since the rebels' sweep into Aleppo a week ago, government defenses have crumbled at dizzying speed as rebels seized a string of major cities and reignited a rebellion in places ...
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Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army
As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...
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Syrian rebels say they have begun to enter crucial city of Hama, military denies claim
Syrian rebels said on Thursday they had started pushing into Hama, a major city ... than a third of the way from Aleppo to Damascus, and its capture would open the road to a rebel advance in ...
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Syrian rebels advances tear at Assad's control as Iran races to send support
Syrian rebel forces advanced on the central city ... three Syrian sources told journalists on the ground. It was the third major city, after Aleppo and Hama in the northwest and centre, to fall ...
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Assad is in Moscow after fleeing Syria and will be given asylum, Russian state media report
DO NOT GET INVOLVED!" The pace of the rebels’ advance in Syria has been astonishing. They are now fighting to seize the country’s third-largest city, Homs, a strategic hub connecting the ...
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Syrian insurgents have reached the gates of the capital city of Damascus, reports say
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Anti-Assad rebels take most of key southern Syrian region - reports
They seized Hama, to the north of Homs, on Thursday - a second major ... city. The SOHR said Russian warplanes had bombed a bridge in nearby Rastan to try and slow the rebel advance. After the ...
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Key players in Syria's long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel offensive
Syria's long civil war has reclaimed global attention after insurgents seized most of its largest city and dozens of nearby towns and villages. The stunning advance on Aleppo by rebel forces came ...
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Who are the rebels who have toppled the regime in Syria?
LONDON — The rapid military advance of a Syrian rebel group that has prompted ... the country's second largest city, with minimal opposition from government forces. They have subsequently ...
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Syria is free of its dictator. The rebels’ biggest challenge now is learning how to govern
The rebels had dreamt of this day for years, but even they appear to have been surprised by the speed and ease of their advance ... to govern the major cities – including Syria’s second ...