Inside Syria's guerilla war

Idlib : Syria | Jul 31, 2012 at 10:09 PM PDT

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An example of the kind of local knowledge being successfully employed by rebels in Idlib is their use of an ancient network of tunnels, reminiscent of the tunnels that helped the Viet Cong win the war against the United States. Yaara Bou Melhem, reporting for Australia's SBS Dateline , was given a tour... FULL ARTICLE AT War In Context

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