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Rebels take Syria base, 2nd blow to Assad

By BASSEM MROUE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 2:25 a.m.

Rebels captured a small military base near Aleppo on Tuesday and stormed another in the same area that protects a major airport, a day after seizing Syria’s largest dam.

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