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Tuesday 21 January 2014

US secretly backs rebels to fight al Qaeda in Syria

Sources tell Telegraph that America is backing 'friendly' rebels with millions in cash and non lethal aid to take on extremists in Syria

A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-tank missile
A Free Syrian Army fighter fires an anti-tank missile  Photo: reuters

By , Antakya

8:20PM GMT 21 Jan 2014

In Syria

Bashar al-Assad's regime could face war crimes charges, according to top prosecutors and forensic experts  

Syrian civil war has thrown up 'savagery rarely seen' - prosecutor

Bashar al-Assad's regime could face war crimes charges, according to top prosecutors and forensic experts  

Photos may prove Assad regime committed crimes against humanity

French 15-year-olds thought to be youngest jihadis to travel to Syria  

UN withdraws Iran invitation to save Syria talks

Tehran (President Rouhani, pictured) has sent thousands of troops from its Revolutionary Guard to fight alongside Assad. He is now a leader kept in power by Iranian bayonets  

Can Geneva solve the Syrian peace puzzle?

Molhem Barakat died on 20 December 2013 as he took photographs of a battle between rebels and forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over Kindi Hospital, Aleppo.  

The photos of Molhem Barakat

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