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A Free Syrian Army soldier fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian government forces in the Saladin neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday. An activist in Damascus said rebels are increasingly using a tactic of quick-hit attacks to frustrate security forces and keep the capital and other locations unstable. (Associated Press)

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In this image made from amateur video, a Free Syrian Army solider fires his weapon during clashes with Syrian government troops in Aleppo, Syria. Turkey sealed its border with Syria to trucks on July 25, 2012, cutting off a vital supply line to the embattled nation as fighting stretched into its fifth day. (Associated Press/Ugarit News via AP video)

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**FILE** Smoke rises over the skyline July 19, 2012, in the Qaboun neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, during shelling by Syrian government forces. (Associated Press)

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This image made from amateur video released by the Ugarit News and accessed on Sunday, July 15, 2012, purports to show Free Syrian Army soldiers during clashes with Syrian government forces in Damascus, Syria. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

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This image made from amateur video from Hama Revolution 2011 and accessed by AP video on Friday, July 13, 2012, purports to show families gathered around bodies of victims killed by violence that, according to anti-regime activists, was carried out by Syrian government forces in Tremseh, Syria. (AP Photo/Hama Revolution 2011 via AP video)

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This citizen journalism image provided by Shaam News Network taken Saturday purports to show the bodies of a man and a girl on the hood of a United Nations observer vehicle following a Syrian government assault on Houla, Syria. The Syrian government denied Sunday its troops were behind the attack in which at least 108 people were killed. (Shaam News Networks via Associated Press)

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Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations Bashar Ja'afari addresses the United Nations Security Council, Saturday, April 14, 2012, at U.N. headquarters after the council cast a unanimous vote authorizing the deployment of the first wave of U.N. military observers to monitor a cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice addresses members of the media at U.N. headquarters Saturday, April 14, 2012 after the United Nations Security Council cast a unanimous vote authorizing the deployment of the first wave of U.N. military observers to monitor a cease-fire between the Syrian government and opposition fighters. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Relatives mourn for Ali Shaaban, a cameraman for the Al Jadeed television station who was filming in Lebanon's northern Wadi Khaled area when he was fatally shot in the chest by Syrian government forces. (Associated Press)

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In this photo from March 11, 2012, a Syrian rebel reacts after learning at least four comrades died during clashes with Syrian government forces in Idlib, north Syria. (Associated Press)

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In this photo from March 11, 2012, Syrian rebels carry the dead body of a comrade to a morgue after heavy fighting with Syrian government forces in Idlib, north Syria. Syrian activists said that pro-government gunmen have killed several people including children in a rebel stronghold recaptured by the government in the embattled central city of Homs. (Associated Press)

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In this photo from March 11, 2012, Syrian rebels rest during a day of heavy fighting with Syrian government forces in Idlib, north Syria. Syrian activists said that pro-government gunmen have killed several people including children in a rebel stronghold recaptured by the government in the embattled central city of Homs. (Associated Press)

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In this photo from March 11, 2012, Syrian rebels celebrate the destruction of a military tank during a day of heavy fighting with Syrian government forces in Idlib, north Syria. Syrian activists said that pro-government gunmen have killed several people including children in a rebel stronghold recaptured by the government in the embattled central city of Homs. (Associated Press)