Syria: rebels prepare an attack on regime positions (2) Fighters of the National Front for Liberation, a Syrian rebel coalition part of the Free Syrian Army, get ready to launch an attack on regime positions in the province of Hama, near the Idlib province.\\nThe Idlib region is nominally protected by a buffer zone deal, but the regime and its Russian ally have escalated their bombardment of it in recent weeks, seizing several towns on its southern flank. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES