Syria's army seizes back town after mutiny

Monday, June 13, 2011

BEIRUT -- Elite Syrian troops backed by helicopters and tanks regained control Sunday of a town where police and soldiers joined forces with the protesters they were ordered to shoot -- a decisive assault from a government prepared for an all-out battle to keep power.

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