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Syrian Opposition Militants Holed Up in #Krak_des_Chevaliers “Waiting for their Turn”
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A rebel fighter poses for a picture inside a building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 9, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Abdel Rahman) A rebel fighter poses for a picture inside a building in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on February 9, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Mohammed Abdel Rahman)

The militants occupying Krak des Chevaliers, the famed crusader castle between Homs and the Mediterranean coast, are anxiously following the battles in the town of Zara, as if they are waiting for their turn to come.

Radwan Mortada

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#syria’s Valley of the Christians Under Fire
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Syrian Christians take part in a rallye organized by the Syriac Union Party, under the protection of Christian militias, to protest against abductions among Christians committed they said by forces loyal to the Syrian regime and members of radical Islamist groups on August 30, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Benjamin Hiller) Syrian Christians take part in a rallye organized by the Syriac Union Party, under the protection of Christian militias, to protest against abductions among Christians committed they said by forces loyal to the Syrian regime and members of radical Islamist groups on August 30, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Benjamin Hiller)

The fierce battles between the #Syrian_army and armed extremist groups in the town of Zara, (...)

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