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Regime No Longer Controls Half of Syria, Rebels Say
The embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad no longer controls half of the country's territory as it battles to crush a 10-month popular revolt, the head of the rebel army said on Tuesday.
"Fifty percent of Syrian territory is no longer under the control of the regime," Colonel Riyadh al-Asaad, head of the Free Syrian Army, told AFP.
He added, however, that this did not mean rebel troops were in control of this territory.
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