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Residents greet each other in front of their damaged houses in the Damascus suburb of Douma April 16, 2013. Abed Doumany/Reuters
A member of the Free Syrian Army holds his weapon as he sits on a chair in the middle of a street in Aleppo April 19, 2013. Malek Alshemali/Reuters
Displaced Syrian children play in a refugee camp near Atma, Idlib province, Syria, Oct. 26, 2012. Manu Brabo/AP
A fighter from the Sadik unit of Free Syrian Army's Tahrir al Sham brigade fires an Austrian Steyr AUG rifle from inside a house during heavy fighting in Mleha suburb of Damascus, January 22, 2013. Rebels have so far relied mainly on light weapons smuggled from neighboring countries. A Reuters photographer in Damascus over the last month saw several Western-built rebel firearms that almost certainly came from outside the country. Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Syrians wait outside a bakery shop to buy beard in Maaret Misreen, near Idlib, Syria, Dec. 12, 2012. President Bashar Assad's troops still control the city of Idlib a few miles away, making area roads unsafe and keeping Maaret Misreen cut off from most of Syria. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Abu Suleiman, leader of an Islamist rebel group in Aleppo called 'The Authority for the Promotion of Virtue and Supporting the Oppressed,' leads the prayers in Aleppo February 25, 2013. The group is a member of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Syria and says it is handing out aid and carrying out civilian administration in parts of Aleppo and its rural areas. Hamid Khatib/Reuters
Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria, Dec. 17, 2012. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Anti-government Syrian media activists set up an illegal internet satellite to upload photos and video of the destruction by government shelling and bombardment of areas controlled by the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Aleppo, Syria, on Oct. 22, 2012. In this critical battleground of Syria's 20-month uprising, FSA commanders say they control more than half of Syria's second city and commercial hub, though civilian areas and especially long bread lines have been targeted daily. Scott Peterson/Getty Images
A Syrian woman stands near fire to warm herself at a refugee camp in Azaz, Syria, Dec. 17, 2012. Thousands of Syrian refugees who fled their homes due to fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces, face cold weather as temperatures dropped to 36 degrees Fahrenheit in Azaz. Manu Brabo/AP
A Syrian rebel, no name given, prepares for a video interview, at their headquarters in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria, Dec. 12, 2012. The new Syrian rebel chief, a defected army general who spent months in exile, says he has begun operating inside Syria to unite autonomous anti-regime militias for what he hopes will be the final push against President Bashar al-Assad. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Syrians ride a scooter as one gestures, as they pass by a destroyed street which was damaged by the shelling of the Syrian forces, at Maarat al-Nuaman town, in Idlib province, Syria, Feb. 26, 2013. Syrian rebels battled government troops near a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern city of Aleppo, while fierce clashes raged around a police academy west of the city, activists said. Hussein Malla/AP
A wounded Syrian girl is brought to hospital as the intense human and material cost grows from three months of intense fighting against rebels of the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in Aleppo, on Oct. 24, 2012. Scott Peterson/Getty Images
Members of the Free Syrian Army work on an improvised mortar shell in Deir al-Zor March 8, 2013. Khalil Ashawi/Reuters
Syrian President Bashar Assad (c. top) greets lawmakers before his speech at the Parliament in Damascus, Syria, March 30, 2011. SANA/AP
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 04/30
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President Obama has said Syria's use of chemical weapons would be a 'red line.' Evidence is mounting, but Obama's desire for an international response throws prospects for action into doubt.
President Obama on Tuesday appeared to rule out any unilateral US intervention in Syria no matter what the ongoing investigation of chemical weapons use there reveals – a position that conforms to Mr. Obama’s strong preference for collective action in the international arena, but one that could also lower the prospects for intervention.
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