ORONTES RIVER, Syria — In snow-flecked forests separating Turkey and northern Syria, a band of some 50 Syrian rebels regroups in a makeshift hillside base, safe for the moment. With an escalating crackdown against regime opponents and no more than 30 assault rifles and a few shotguns among them, they still say time is on their side. “We are not going to retreat nor give up,” said Abu Youssef, a 43-year-old building contractor turned revolutionary from Darkush, a few miles across the border in the Idlib province in Syria. Mr. Youssef, who asked that his real name be withheld for his family’s safety, takes supplies across the border almost daily. He said he was not political until he was held and tortured last autumn after being detained at a local mosque. He joined the revolution upon his release. “The regime’s forces don’t respect anything,” he said. “I was arrested when I was praying.”
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