They came to monitor a ceasefire agreement which both the rebels and the government were violating.
The representative from the government and the rebels has to come on each trip.
The rebels started this war, they started burning and destroying many of the villages.
We were handed a video taken by the rebels soon after one of the raids here.
It is the second time this week that French forces have fought the rebels.
Almost every African man and boy in this area has joined the rebels to fight Sudan's government.
At the time (March 2013) there was even less stomach for military assistance to the rebels.
This episode then makes the case for Western support of the rebels that much harder.
Meanwhile, the rebels said they carried out the attack to protest against the government's "anti-people policies".
Kesri has called on the rebels to attend the long-delayed party elections early next year.
The government has offered to begin peace talks with the rebels, but without success.
The Maoists demand that it first withdraw thousands of paramilitary soldiers deployed to fight the rebels.
Islamabad denies the charge, saying it gives only moral and diplomatic support to the rebels.
Does that suggest the rebels are losing control of what had been their town?
Rwanda has strongly rejected allegations that it backs the rebels led by Gen Ntaganda.
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The rebels have been fighting for independence in a conflict which has killed thousands since 1982.
The castle proposals include a Robin and the Rebels Discovery Centre and a medieval moat.
Fair enough, I thought, until I found out their husbands were away fighting for the rebels.
France intervened militarily in January amid fears the rebels were preparing to advance on Bamako.
Ibrahim added that many former military personnel from Europe are now working with the rebels.
The US and EU have so far refused to supply the rebels with weapons.
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Aid agencies wonder, and fear, what might happen were the rebels to step up their activities.
Help the rebels to help themselves and avoid, at least for now, direct U.S. military intervention.
He'll pick the least worst one, providing some kind of weapons to the rebels.
Now if they hold these talks in Khartoum, how will the rebels think about it?
This loosely drafted resolution enabled Nato to become, in effect, the air force for the rebels.
The rebels were repelled after two hours of fierce fighting, a Malian army official said.
The Gulf Arabs are loth to cough up the cash they promised to support the rebels.
The rebels over-ran Bangui last weekend, in a move condemned by the United States as "illegitimate".
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