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Kerry: US, allies, ready to step up aid rebels

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria's opposition to help them "fight for the freedom of their country" if President Bashar Assad's regime doesn't engage in peace talks in good

Syrian, Hezbollah troops fight rebels in key town

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Backed by elite troops of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, Syrian government forces fought rebels in a strategic opposition-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border for the third straight day Tuesday. Lebanese security officials said fighting

Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

By BARBARA SURK and ZEINA KARAMAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, state-media reported. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon

US slams Russian anti-ship missiles going to Syria

By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration denounced Russia on Friday for providing Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons would only worsen a war that Washington and Moscow have been promising to work together on