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A Syrian rebel in the central Syrian city of Kfar Nbouda holds a Serbian RBG-6 granade launcher, part of a recent weapons shipment to Syrian rebels by the Saudi Arabian govenrment. The weapons were intended for moderate rebel groups, but have also appeared in the hands of those who call for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria.
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Ahmed Darwish, a commander a Syrian rebel group called the Nasr Brigade, unwraps an RPG-27 in Kfar Nbouda, Syria. In recent months, rebels have procured more advanced arms on the black market and from state sponsors such as Saudi Arabia. An RBG-6 grenade launcher, part of a weapons shipment from Saudi Arabia, rests against the wall.
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A member of the Nasr Brigade, a Syrian rebel group, inspects a newly arrived rocket propelled grenade launcher in Kfar Nbouda, Syria
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A 15 year old boy holds two Molotov cocktails he hoped to employ against Syrian Army forces in Kafer Zaita, Syria. When asked if he was afraid, the boy clicked his tongue and turned up his nose. An FSA commander later stated that 13 BDM armored personnel carriers and two tanks were disabled or destroyed during the battle.
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Rebels display handcuffs and riot batons captured from the government position in Al Tal, Syria
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A Syrian rebel stands guard at an oil well near Shahel, Syria. Rebels have captured most of the wells in Syria's southeastern province of Deir al Zour and say that the oil they are selling is helping support their rebellion.
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Anjir Anjir, a rebel who drives a tank, adjust the treads on a captured T-72 in Kfar Nbouda, Syria. Syrian rebels are increasingly using tanks and armored personnel carriers in the fighting against the Syrian government.
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Anjir Anjir, a Syrian rebel who drives a tank, checks the oil on a captured T-72 in Kfar Nbouda, Syria. Syrian rebels are increasingly using tanks and armored personnel carriers in the fighting against the Syrian government.
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A Free Syrian Army member stands guard over an FSA base in central Syria. Throughout northern syria, the FSA has carved out areas that are safe from the army's incursion, allowing them to launch attacks and then pull back with relative impunity.
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A fighter attempts to shoot down a circling attack helicopter in Kafer Zaita, Syria. For four days, Syrian government soldiers and rebels from the Free Syrian Army have battled for control of the town of Kafer Zaita in central Syria in a fight that shows that the rebel fighters, while disorganized, are able to hold their own against the better equipped Syrian military.
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An RPG gunner holds a corner in Kafer Zaita. An FSA commander later stated that 13 BDM armored personnel carriers and two tanks were disabled or destroyed during the battle. For four days, Syrian government soldiers and rebels from the Free Syrian Army have battled for control of the town of Kafer Zaita in central Syria in a fight that shows that the rebel fighters, while disorganized, are able to hold their own against the better equipped Syrian military.
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A child plays on a destroyed Syrian army tank in Mayadeen, Syria, where rebels forced the Syrian army to withdraw from a artillery base
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