BEIRUT, LEBANON - Syria's foreign minister defiantly dismissed rebel forces and their international backers on Thursday as incapable of toppling the military defending President Bashar Assad's regime, even as condemnation grew over expanded offensives that activists say have claimed dozens of civilian lives in recent days. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem's confident tone contrasted sharply with a series of recent blows to Assad, including high-level military and political defections and the ability of rebel guerrillas to stage bombings and...
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