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A rebel spokesman says Syrian opposition fighters are getting specialized training organized by the U.S. CNN's Jill Dougherty reports.

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Syrian general, 20 soldiers defect: opposition (Reuters, March 16, 2013)
http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCABRE92F0AC20130316
"A brigadier general and about 20 soldiers defected from the Syrian army in two separate incidents on Saturday, activists said, in another sign that the strength of President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces is diminishing. Brigadier General Mohammed Khalouf appeared dressed in a camouflage military uniform in a video on Al Arabiya news channel and said he had planned his escape with the opposition movement for some time. "It is not possible for anyone to accept any of the ideas of this regime unless they have achieved special interests," he said in the video. There was no comment about the defection on Syrian state news outlets. Defection of high-ranking military and political figures has slowed in past months..."

Rights group: Syria expanding use of cluster bombs
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/16/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html

Opposition source: Syrian rebels get U.S.-organized training in Jordan
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/15/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html
"Syrian rebels claim that hundreds of their fighters are being given sophisticated-weapons training organized and authorized by the United States at a camp in Jordan.
A senior rebel spokesman, who did not want to be named discussing a sensitive matter, would not comment on the nature of the personnel conducting the training, such as whether the personnel were military troops or contractors. But he said that 300 fighters had already completed the course and crossed the border into Syria on Thursday..."

Source: U.S.-trained rebels return to Syria
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/15/source-u-s-trained-rebels-return-to-syria/

Syria threatens military action in Lebanon
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/15/17325871-syria-threatens-military-action-in-lebanon?lite

France and UK ready to arm Syrian rebels (france24, March 14, 2013)
http://www.france24.com/en/20130314-syria-france-uk-ready-arm-syrian-rebels-eu-embargo-fabius-cameron-assad
"Amid disagreements between EU governments over a Syrian arms embargo, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (photo) said France and Britain were ready to lift the embargo without unanimous EU support..."

Children shot at, tortured and raped in Syria, report says (NBC, March 13, 2013)
http://nbcnews.to/Z11SHz
"Syria's children are perhaps the greatest victims of their country's conflict, suffering "layers and layers of emotional trauma," Save the Children's chief executive Forsyth told ... Syrian children have been shot at, tortured and raped during 2 years of unrest and civil war ... said in a report released on Wednesday. Two million children, it said, face malnutrition, disease, early marriage and severe trauma..."

U.N.: Both Syrian rebels and government forces guilty (CNN, March 12, 2013)
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/12/world/meast/syria-civil-war/index.html
"The Syrian war has never been a simple fight between good rebels and evil government forces, and the United Nations has said so several times in the past ... this week, UN investigators released a particularly detailed and horrific report that slams both sides, accusing rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad of murder, rape, torture and forced disappearances..."

Professor heads up Syrian opposition's US offices (bigstory, March 5, 2013)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/professor-heads-syrian-oppositions-us-offices
"As a professor at the University of Arkansas, Syrian-born Najib Ghadbian is no stranger to educating Americans about the Middle East. Now, he's taking his knowledge beyond the classroom, stepping into a new role as the Syrian opposition coalition's representative in the United States ... Colleagues say Ghadbian's time in Arkansas — where he is currently on leave from the university — prepared him for his role with the Syrian opposition coalition..."

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