The Two Way @ npr.org, Dec. 5, 2012

With increased fighting in and around Damascus in recent weeks, Syrian activists have posted a video that calls on residents of the capital to prepare for what they say is a looming collapse of President Bashar Assad's regime.

The YouTube video, called "Zero Hour, Your Final Chance," promises an imminent battle in Damascus aimed at ousting Assad. It is filled with instructions on what to do to prepare for and survive such a battle [.....]

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Syria loads chemical weapons into bombs; military awaits Assad's order
By Jim Miklaszewski and M. Alex Johnson, NBC News, Dec. 5, 2012

The Syrian military is prepared to use chemical weapons against its own people and is awaiting final orders from President Bashar Assad, U.S. officials told NBC News on Wednesday.

The military has loaded the precursor chemicals for sarin, a deadly nerve gas, into aerial bombs that could be dropped onto the Syrian people from dozens of fighter-bombers, the officials said.

As recently as Tuesday, officials had said there was as yet no evidence that the process of mixing the "precursor" chemicals had begun. But Wednesday, they said their worst fears had been confirmed: The nerve agents were locked and loaded inside the bombs [....]

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Several dead in clashes in Lebanon's Tripoli
Al Jazeera, Dec. 6, 2012

At least six people killed in two days of fighting between gunmen loyal to opposing sides in Syria's conflict