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Outrage at Syrian Rebel Shown 'Eating Soldier's Heart'
World  (tags: Syria, civil war, war crimes )

Stan
- 2 days ago - bbc.co.uk
A video which appears to show a Syrian rebel taking a bite from the heart of a dead soldier has been widely condemned.
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Intervention Debate: Experts Warn Against Syrian Adventure
World  (tags: syria, intervention, us, world, violence, politics, conflict, news, middle-east, usa )

Cal
- 7 days ago - spiegel.de
What contours might a military intervention in Syria take on? Strategists are discussing the creation of a humanitarian buffer and no-fly zone. But experts warn that 40,000 to 75,000 ground troops would be required in Syria for that to happen.
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Top U.S. Official Meets With Rebels Inside Syria
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, news, syria, usa, violence, society )

Cal
- 8 days ago - npr.org
Ambassador Robert Ford, the State Department's point man on Syrian policy, crossed into northern Syria on Wednesday. The secret visit was confirmed by Syrian activists at the media office at the Bab al-Salama crossing on the Turkish frontier.
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OP-ED: Why Israel Bombed Syria
World  (tags: politics, world, middle-east, israel, violence, Syria )

Cal
- 12 days ago - theweek.com
Israel's focus is on the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah arms/money/land-space connection, and both of its strikes were incision-like interventions designed to protect the homeland from threatening missiles. Nothing more, nothing less
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U.S Considering Arming Syria Rebels, Hagel Says
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, SYRIA, Refugees&Relief, war, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', women )

Cal
- 16 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming rebels opposed to the Syrian government, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday.
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Syria: Al-Qaeda's Battle for Control of Assad's Chemical Weapons Plant
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, SYRIA, Refugees&Relief, war, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', chemical weapons, women )

Cal
- 21 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
A battle near a factory believed to be one of the Syrian regime's main chemical weapons plants shows just how close such weapons could be to falling into al-Qaeda's hands
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Syria's Christians Caught Between Regime and Revolution
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, SYRIA, Refugees&Relief, war, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', women )

Cal
- 30 days ago - globalpost.com
With ancient roots and an uncertain future, Christian minorities chart a way to survive the conflict and its aftermath.
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Pictures: Syria's Lost Generation
World  (tags: Syria, children, war, murder, sadness, human rights )

Giana
- 34 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Photos - sad.
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Syrian Conflict Exacts Heavy Toll on Women
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, SYRIA, Refugees&Relief, war, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', women )

Cal
- 43 days ago - globalpost.com
All-but abandoned by husbands fighting government forces, many of Syria's women suffer hardship and fear alone.
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OP-ED: Two Years Since the Syrian Uprising Began, the West Continues Its Handwringing.
World  (tags: world, Syria, middle-east, politics, US aid, rebels, violence, society, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', war, news, news )

Cal
- 55 days ago - slate.com
Underlining the challenges of supplying armed groups on the ground in Syria, a top U.S. general said this week that the U.S. understanding of rebel groups was "opaque" one year ago and is even worse now. This analysis of some of those groups suggests one
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Fleeing Syria, Palestinians Find Haven and Hardships in Egypt
World  (tags: Palestinians, Syria, refugees, camps, war, Egypt, Visas, UN Works and Relief Agency (UNWRA), UNHCR, Right To Return )

Angelika
- 59 days ago - egyptindependent.com
Palestinian-Syrian families, all males under 18 and females of all ages can enter the country without a visa, but generally receive only a two-week to one-month visa, rather than the three months granted to other Syrians
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Syria Crisis: Children 'Recruited' By Armed Groups
World  (tags: Syria, civil war, children, abuse )

Stan
- 65 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Increasing numbers of children in Syria are being recruited by armed groups on both sides of the conflict, Save the Children says in a report.
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'Iran, Al-Qaida Ties Strained Over Syrian Civil War'
World  (tags: world, politics, middle-east, SYRIA, Refugees&Relief, war, conflict, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', world )

Cal
- 66 days ago - jpost.com
Washington Post' quotes US officials as saying expulsion of bin Laden relative from Iran signals shift in relationship
4 comments
Number of Syrian Refugees Could Triple This Year, U.N. Warns
World  (tags: world, politics, Refugees&Relief, middle-east, Syria, Lebanon, news, society, government, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', children, ethics, HumanRights )

Cal
- 68 days ago - latimes.com
The number of Syrian refugees, who already total more than 1 million, could double or even triple this year if the conflict continues unabated, the United Nations top refugee official said Sunday.
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U.N. Elects Syria (Assad Regime) to Senior Post on Rights Council
World  (tags: U.N., Syria, Senior post decolonization committee )

Beth
- 75 days ago - blog.unwatch.org
UN Watch today called on Ban Ki-moon, US Ambassador Susan Rice and EU representatives to condemn the world body's "revolting and absurd" decision to unanimously re-elect the Assad regime to a senior post on a decolonization committee charged with upholdin
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