The loudspeakers of a mosque break the dawn silence, urging the people of Atma, a village near the Syrian border with Turkey, to take up arms and help rebels surrounded by regime forces. "People of Atma! Regime forces are surrounding a group of revolutionaries. All those who have arms, come for help," says the message on that Saturday morning. Within seconds, women and children rushed to climb roofs, anxiously looking at a hill of sand and rocks, as army helicopters buzzed over the area, while the sound of automatic weapons and explosions crackled all around. Young men with kalashnikov rifles strapped across their...
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