BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - Western officials will meet the commander of the main force fighting President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to discuss new aid, diplomats said, signalling a new bid to help mainstream rebels and counter the strength of sectarian militias.
Underscoring the West's fears of an uncontrolled sectarian bloodbath, activists said Sunni insurgent militiamen had killed some 60 Shi'ites in a town in the east of Syria.
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