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Away from Cities, a Life Laced with Violence for Syrians
(New York Times) C. J. Chivers - The Syrian rebels' campaign of ambushes and roadside bombs has cleared swaths of territory and forced army and militia convoys to avoid most roads. Even the M5 highway linking many of Syria's largest cities has long stretches that are in rebel hands. Unable to pursue the rebels on the ground in northern Syria, Assad's forces drop bombs from aircraft and shell villages where rebels are active.