Syria

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** FILE ** Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army Gen. Salim Idris addresses the media after he discussed the situation in Syria with the leader of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Guy Verhofstadt, right, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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** FILE ** Free Syrian Army fighters take their positions as they observe the Syrian army forces base of Wadi al-Deif at the front-line town of Maaret al-Numan in Syria's Idlib province on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Kurdish female members of the Popular Protection Units stand guard at a check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria, Sunday, March 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

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This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows anti-Syrian regime protesters holding a caricature placard during a demonstration, at Kafr Nabil town, in Idlib province, northern Syria, Friday, March. 1, 2013.

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associated press Secretary of State John F. Kerry, speaking with Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib at a conference Thursday in Rome, says the U.S. is looking for more tangible ways to support the Syrian rebels and bolster a fledgling political movement.

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**FILE** Rebels from al Qaeda-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusra wave their brigade flag on Jan. 11, 2013, as they step on the top of a Syrian air force helicopter at a Taftanaz air base in Idlib province in northern Syria that was captured by the rebels. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network)

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**FILE** Syrian security forces hold machine guns and surround anti-Syrian regime mourners in the Kfar Suseh area of Damascus, Syria, on April 30, 2012, during the funeral procession of the activist Nour al-Zahraa, 23, who was shot by the Syrian security forces. (Associated Press)