Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.
(UPDATE) AMMAN/BEIRUT — Syrian rebels pressed their lightning advance on Saturday, saying they had seized most of the country's south, as government forces dug in to defend the key central city of Homs to try to save President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule.
Since the rebels' sweep into the city of Aleppo a week ago, government defenses have crumbled across the country at dizzying speed as insurgents seized a string of major cities and rose up in places where the rebellion had long seemed over.
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