Syria

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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)

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, talks to Syrian opposition coalition leader Mouaz al-Khatib, during an international conference on Syria at Villa Madama, Rome, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

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A Free Syrian Army fighter walks on rubble of a base destroyed from a Syrian forces airstrike, at Jabal al-Zaweya village of Sarjeh, in Idlib, Syria, Monday Feb. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Smoke rises from heavy shelling in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013. (Associated Press/Aleppo Media Center AMC)

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Searchers comb through the debris of destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a strike by Syrian government forces in the Jabal Bedro neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in this citizen journalism image provided by the Aleppo Media Center and authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. (AP Photo/Aleppo Media Center)

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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 the Idlib province of northern Syria, on Feb. 15, 2013. (Associated Press/Edlib News Network ENN)

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** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, file photo, is a general view of a destroyed pottery shop inside the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site that was gutted in October and which is now controlled by the Free Syrian Army. Syria’s top antiquities official is calling for U.N. intervention and cooperation from neighboring countries to halt the illicit trafficking of its artifacts as the 23-month civil war rages on.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto, File)