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Aleppo blast, car bombs cap bloody Syria week

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A Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon Tuesday during clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria.

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Even if the rebels have captured surface-to-surface rockets it won't be a turning point in their battle against the regime of President Bashar Assad, said Aram Nerguizian, a Middle East security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.