Syrian rebel army announces $25 million bounty for President al-Assad

The rebel Free Syrian Army has announced a $25 million reward for the capture of President Bashar al-Assad "dead or alive," the Turkish Anadolu Agency reported Tuesday.
The bounty would be paid by Syrian businessmen who support the opposition, Anadolu said, citing FSA commander Ahmad Hijazi. The businessmen were not identified for security reasons.
Rebels are trying to sever a regime that many world leaders have blamed for the deaths of thousands of civilians over the past 18 months, CNN reports.
But the blame goes both ways. In a report to the U.N. Human Rights Council, an international committee probing the Syrian crisis said it believes both sides of the conflict have committed war crimes.
Meanwhile, several loud blasts rattled Damascus on Tuesday, adding to the notion that the war is zeroing in on the nation's capital.
At least 14 people were killed Tuesday across Syria, including four in the Damascus area, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said.
The Syrian regime, meanwhile, said its "heroic armed forces confronted gatherings of terrorists" near a school compound in Aleppo, "killing a large number of these terrorists and injuring a large number of them."
Throughout the country's uprising against al-Assad, the regime has insisted that "armed terrorist groups" are fueling violence in the country.
The president's regime launched a violent crackdown last year on activists demanding more economic prosperity, political freedom and civil liberties.