(AP-Washington Post) Clashes in the town of Hass between Syrian troops and gunmen believed to be army defectors wounded at least 17 people on Monday, says Rami Abdul-Rahman, who heads the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The fighting reveals the increasingly militarized nature of an uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime.
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