US recognizes Syrian rebels
- Published: 12 Dec 2012 at 02.46
- Online news: World
President Barack Obama proclaimed Syria's newly reframed opposition as the "legitimate" representative of the nation's people, in the most significant US intervention in a brutal civil war.
A Syrian rebel fighter emerges from a hole in a wall on the front line in the Aleppo neighbourood of Bustan al-Basr on December 8, 2012. The US has proclaimed Syria's newly reframed opposition as the "legitimate" representative of the nation's people, in the most significant intervention in a brutal civil war.
As Washington cranked up pressure on beleaguered President Bashar al-Assad, the Obama administration also blacklisted the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front, which officials fear is seeking to hijack the revolution, as a terrorist group.
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