Rebels carve out enclave in north Syria

Sunday, August 12, 2012

AZAZ, Syria -- Residents of this north Syrian border town like to snap photos of their children atop the tank parked downtown, one of more than a dozen captured or destroyed by rebels in the battles last month that "liberated" the area from President Bashar Assad's army.

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