CNN And The BBC Look At Two Towns Engulfed By Syria's Civil War

A Syrian Town's 'Street Of Death' -- CNN

Atareb, Syria (CNN) -- After months of fighting, the regime's men finally abandoned this strategic crossroads.

President Bashar al Assad's troops left behind a bullet-riddled ghost town patrolled by rebels and a handful of shell-shocked residents.

Fighters had renamed the stretch of the Bab el Hawa highway, which ran through the center of town, the "Street of Death." Until recently, they said anyone who dared set foot on it became a target.

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WNU Editor: The BBC's Paul Wood accompanied rebel fighters as they slipped into Syria from neighbouring Lebanon, to the rebel-held town of Zabadani close to the capital, Damascus. His report is here.