Middle East
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Author: NYTimes.com
2 May 2013
Syrian Forces Strike Rebels in Wide-Ranging Assaults
Syrian forces carried out what antigovernment activists described as wide-ranging assaults against insurgent enclaves on Thursday, seeking to snap a stalemate in the central city of Homs, attacking rebels ensconced in a seaport near Russia s naval station and destroying a historic bridge in the contested western city of Deir al-Zour.