Syria rebels on **rthern offensive after losses

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/fELWQEt84A7nSNqpl85LwA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPIntEn/254f7c7ff8b5bf834868a93a07c8a3a7c8f36044.jpg (http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/syria-rebels-seize-border-village-regime-planes-bomb-102506594.html)Syrian rebels have launched a fierce offensive against President Bashar al-Assad's troops in four **rthern provinces, aiming to reverse a string of defeats, an NGO and rebels said Monday. UN chief Ban Ki-moon, meanwhile, said humanitarian access to Syrians remains "extremely challenging" a month after the world body demanded a lifting of sieges and bombardments of residential areas. On Monday, the rebels and their jihadist ally Al-Nusra Front seized a key area on the border with Turkey, gaining full control of the Kasab frontier crossing, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The takeover came even as the air force bombarded rebel positions in Kasab, in Latakia province, the heartland of Assad's Alawite sect, a day after Turkey shot down a Syrian warplane in the area.




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