Before the uprising, the self-taught sheik also known by his nom du guerre, Abu Soleiman preached covertly to a small following in an adjacent village about the Syrian regime's ills.

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"This U.N. force entered Jamlah village to assist the regime ... and (the U.N. is) claiming that they are here just to stop the clashing, " a rebel says.

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The next visitor pleaded for the release of a detainee accused of working as a regime informant in the village.

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Militias loyal to the regime then went through the village, executing people with knives and guns, Ali and the Local Coordination Committees said.

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Dozens of children between ages 8 and 13 were reportedly used as human shields by pro-regime forces during a raid on the village of Ayn l'Arouz in March, the report says.

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The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said regime airstrikes targeted rebel-held areas in the predominantly Kurdish village of Hadad in the northeastern province of Hassaka.

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However, the time came when the new Nazi regime reached even the most rural areas, and inhabitants were summoned to the village to hear rousing speeches and be registered for conscription.

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There are monarchists who are arguing for a full-scale return to the old regime and the party-less Panchayat system, in which the king exercised absolute power through village, district and national councils.

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