Syrian jets bomb northern city overrun by rebels

Published March 5, 2013 5:00am ET



BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian jets bombed opposition-held buildings Tuesday in the strategicene northern city of Raqqa, a day after rebels overran the onetime regime stronghold and captured its provincial governor. A toppled statue of President Bashar Assad’s father was defaced with graffiti reading, “Tomorrow will be better.”

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