The Associated Press is reporting that dozens of security forces and soldiers were gunned down on Monday by suspected defectors from the Syrian Army.

The rebellion is directed against Syrian President Bashar Assad, according to reports from the scene. He has been accused by the United Nations of killing more than 3,500 people in the past eight months

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