Syria rebel leader says his men are ready to take on Assad’s forces in fight for Aleppo
(CBS News) The State Department said Thursday the Syrian dictatorship is preparing a massacre in Syria’s largest city, Aleppo. Aleppo is a city of more than 3 million people, the size of Los Angeles. Refugees are pouring out of town. It was a year and a half ago that a popular uprising rebelled against the 42-year-old dictatorship of the Assad family. Rebels have taken some Aleppo’s neighborhoods. One recent photograph from the embattled city stands out: Five-year-old Mohammad Amumrej, wounded during Syrian army shelling of the town, is whisked away for medical treatment. The rebels are also holding other pockets in Syria. One village at a time, using light weapons and homemade bombs, fighters who call themselves the Sham Falcons have accomplished something very significant: They have pushed Syrian government forces back and carved out an area of rebel control in the hills of Jebel-a-Zawya, southwest of Aleppo. Their leader, Abu Issa, is an Islamic scholar. For security reasons, he asked that we not show any part of his command center outside of one room. “Thanks to god, we currently we have between six and seven thousand fighters,” Issa said through a translator. AP: U.S. weighs more direct involvement in SyriaComplete coverage: The Arab SpringSyria opposition gathers; Aleppo in crosshairs From their stronghold, they have spread out into towns and villages across the country. It has not been easy....
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