Rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters capture a policeman who the FSA allege is a Shabiha or pro-regime militiaman on July 31, as the rebels overran a police station in Aleppo. A watchdog group said that rebels killed 40 officers and seized three police stations during the pivotal battle for the commercial capital.

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