Many Syrian civilians are taking up arms to defend themselves from the government's 10 month crackdown on peaceful protests.A number of them have joined the Free Syrian Army (FSA), a group of thousands of members, most of whom have defected from the country's security forces in order to protect civilians.Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Tripoli in northern Lebanon.
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