Stakes high, sides in Syria battle over key airport
Posted: February 16, 2013 at 2:38 a.m.
Intense clashes between the Syrian army and rebel fighters near the country’s second-largest airport killed about 150 people in recent days, anti-regime activists said Friday, pointing to the significance both sides in the country’s civil war place on controlling key infrastructure.
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