TV AND WEB RESTRICTIONS**NONE**~<br/> <br />A rebel soldier in Syria calls on government forces to defect.<br/> <br />He says if you want to defect -- take down this phone number.<br/> <br />It does little to stop the fighting.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) FIELD OFFICER IN THE FREE SYRIAN ARMY, ABU BADEI, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We urge our brothers, the soldiers, who are living under pressure and amidst killings -- who are serving the murderous and corrupt regime -- to defect for their own safety. And we are prepared to protect them. We are prepared to help them reach their families."<br/> <br />Video obtained by Reuters shows rebel forces preparing to fight in hopes if gaining control of a town just outside Aleppo.<br/> <br />This comes as the government army appears to have made gains in the north.<br/> <br />Syria's uprising is the bloodiest and longest of Arab revolts that erupted more than two years ago.<br/> <br />It began with peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad -- and descended into a civil war costing the
