"The Britain-based monitoring group also said it had obtained a
photograph showing the execution of Alawite cleric Badr Ghazal by hardline
Islamist rebels, highlighting the growing sectarian bloodshed of the 2-1/2-year
conflict. The Observatory, which opposes President Bashar Al-Assad's rule, said
rebels took control of Khanasir, a town that sits on the government supply route
connecting Aleppo with the central city of Hama."