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FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 file photo, a Palestinian man shouts slogans as he carries a banner that reads in Arabic,

Palestinians in Syria get pulled into civil war

Ben Hubbard -

July 26, 2012 4:00 am

In this image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed Monday, July 23, 2012, smoke rises from buildings in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video) TV OUT, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIAL

Top general, friend of Syrian president, defects

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July 24, 2012 4:00 am

This citizen journalist image shot through a broken car window shows smoke billowing from a building after fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, Saturday, July 21, 2012. This week, fierce fighting between troops and rebels reached the Syrian capital, the central bastion of Bashar Assad's rule, shattering parts of the city and sending thousands of people fleeing to neighboring Lebanon and Iraq. Activists and residents reported a tense calm in Damascus Saturday but said sporadic gunfire and explosions could be heard throughout the night. (AP Photo)

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Emboldened Syrian rebels push into Aleppo

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July 22, 2012 4:00 am

In this photo taken during a government-organized tour, a Syrian man, background, looks at cars burned during a clashes between Syrian troops and rebels in the Midan district, in the southern part of Damascus, Syria, Friday, July 20, 2012. Syrian troops and tanks on Friday drove rebels from a Damascus neighborhood where some of the heaviest of this week's fighting in the capital left cars gutted and fighters' bodies in the streets. Hundreds of people were killed in a single day, activists said, as the military struggles to regain momentum after a stunning bombing against the regime's leadership. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Thousands flee as Syrian rebels wage guerrilla war

Ben Hubbard -

July 20, 2012 4:00 am

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, meets U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 16, 2012. Annan arrived to Moscow to discuss the Syria crisis with Russian leaders. (AP Photo, Pool)

Syrian rebels push war into capital Damascus

Ben Hubbard -

July 16, 2012 4:00 am

This image made from amateur video from Hama Revolution 2011 and accessed by AP video Friday, July 13, 2012 purports to show families gathered around bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by government forces in Tremseh, Syria, about 15 kilometers (nine miles) northwest of the central city of Hama. Anti-regime activists in Syria said Friday that government gunners rained shells on a poor, farming village before armed thugs moved in, leaving scores of people dead in what rebels claim is one of the worst single days of bloodshed in the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/ Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)

Suicide bomber kills 4 in Syrian town

Ben Hubbard -

July 14, 2012 4:00 am

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