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November 29, 2012

Report: U.S. Weighs Arming Syrian Opposition; Rebel Blast Kills Party Leader 
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The Obama administration is reportedly considering broader intervention
to help oust President Bashar al-Assad from power amidst a widening
conflict between Assad and rebels opposed to his regime. The New York
Times is reporting options being weighed by the United States, include
directly supplying arms to opposition fighters. The news comes as Syrian
rebels have reportedly killed a member of the ruling Baath party
Thursday by detonating a bomb near his house in Darra. Hussain Rifai and
three of his bodyguards are believed to have been killed.

 

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