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Syria rebel army 'on the offensive'

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The rebellion against the Syrian government has been running for a year and violence appears to have escalated.

Opposition activists claim more than 200 people were killed over the weekend and there is heavy fighting between government forces and rebel fighters.

Correspondent Ian Pannell spent two weeks with the rebel forces in Idlib province in northern Syria, witnessing an attempted IED attack.


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