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In this Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 file photo, a Syrian boy shouts slogans against the regime in front of a flag of the armed Islamic opposition group, the Nusra front, during a demonstration in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. (AP/ Manu Brabo)

Opinion: Syria’s ‘liberated’ zones are anything but

by Diana Moukalled | Aug 13, 2013 | Opinion

A young enthusiastic journalist describes northern Syrian areas as “liberated” zones in her report. She’s surprised that the expression “not under the regime’s control” is a more accurate and more professional. “They are towns liberated of the regime’s injustice,” she...

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Syrian rebels head to the town of Bsankol in the northwestern province of Idlib to join comrades fighting regime forces for the control of the highway that connects Idlib with Latakia on July 11, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS.)

Syria: FSA says they are at war with Al-Qaeda

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 13, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) has announced that the killing of senior commander Kamal Hamami by the Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a declaration of war. Infighting among Syrian rebel forces appears...