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Rebel groups seek more arms for the uprising against Al Assad's regime

World community has few options left to change situation

Military solution is his only option — expert

Many undergoing treatment at Lebanese hospital

Syria’s heavy influence over Lebanon tempers government reaction to cross-border attacks

Palestinian group allegedly helping train units of the rebel Free Syrian Army

‘We will not have peace until we get rid of Al assad regime'

Defections sap morale of remaining regime forces

Anti-Al Assad politicians urge deployment of UN peacekeepers along northern border

Fear that country will slip into civil war

But the country’s complicated quota-based sectarian system can reject the most able of potential legislators. And older leaders like Michel Aoun, who returned on Saturday after 14 years in exile, remain popular.

Hezbollah re-elects Nasrallah as leader for fifth term