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In Parts of Syria, Lack of Aid 'Is a Catastrophe' - New York Times Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:40:29 GMT

New York Times

In Parts of Syria, Lack of Aid 'Is a Catastrophe'
New York Times
SAWRAN, Syria — The United States and other international donors are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on humanitarian aid for Syrians afflicted by the civil war. But here in the rebel-controlled north, where the deprivation is most acute, that ...

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In Syria's Complicated War, UN Peacekeepers Become Pawns - NPR (blog) Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:46:19 GMT

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In Syria's Complicated War, UN Peacekeepers Become Pawns
NPR (blog)
The Syrian civil war keeps getting more complicated, and the seizure of 21 United Nations peacekeepers has again raised concern that the fighting could spread turmoil in the region. The rebels fighting President Bashar Assad's regime are a mixed lot ...
UN Suspends for Day Efforts to Release Peacekeepers in SyriaVoice of America
Syrian Rebels Agree on Deal to Release PeacekeepersNew York Times
Syria attacks prevent UN peackeeper rescueAljazeera.com
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Syria Refugees Turn To Prostitution Out Of Desperation - Huffington Post Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:53:17 GMT

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Syria Refugees Turn To Prostitution Out Of Desperation
Huffington Post
Several tents away, a clean-shaven, tattooed young Syrian man, who says he was a barber back in the city of Idlib, offers his wife. "You can have her all day for $70," he promises. He says he never imagined he would be selling his own wife, but he ...
Al-Qaida is not yet at Syria's gatesHaaretz
Syria's Unseen Crisis: Displaced Women Face Rape, Insecurity, PovertyBrookings Institution
Syria crisis: Russia won't pressure Assad, says LavrovBBC News

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Russians Bring Dashcam War Reporting to Syria - New York Times (blog) Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:09:08 GMT

Russians Bring Dashcam War Reporting to Syria
New York Times (blog)
Now, it seems, a Russian news crew in Syria has brought that sensibility to war reporting. As the Syrian blogger who writes as Edward Dark noted on Friday, Russia's Abkhazian Network News Agency has released footage of recent battles recorded by a ...


UN Peacekeepers Still Held by Syria Rebels - New York Times Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:17:46 GMT

New York Times

UN Peacekeepers Still Held by Syria Rebels
New York Times
A group of United Nations peacekeepers from the Philippines who were seized in the disputed Golan Heights region between Syria and Israel two days ago, remained in captivity early on Friday as their captors pressed demands for a redeployment of ...


Alleged Syria Tank Footage Offers Glimpse Into Devastation In Darayya (VIDEO) - Huffington Post Sat, 09 Mar 2013 00:12:54 GMT

Alleged Syria Tank Footage Offers Glimpse Into Devastation In Darayya (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
A recent video (above) posted on YouTube by the Abkhazian Network News Agency (ANNA) appearing to show the Syrian army engaged in battle with rebels in a Damascus suburb has offered a glimpse into the violence and destruction that continues to ...


Thousands Flee Northern Syria After Latest Airstrikes - NPR Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:21:56 GMT

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Thousands Flee Northern Syria After Latest Airstrikes
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The Syrian rebels overran Raqqah, capturing several high-ranking prisoners, including the provincial governor. Many residents supported the rebels, but when the airstrikes began, they packed in a hurry and fled, believing it was safer to make a dash ...

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UN Expects to Free Hostages in Syria Saturday - Voice of America Fri, 08 Mar 2013 20:08:45 GMT

UN Expects to Free Hostages in Syria Saturday
Voice of America
U.N. officials say they have completed arrangements for the release of 21 Philippine peacekeepers held in the Golan Heights by Syrian rebels, and the handover is expected to take place Saturday. A U.N. convoy tried to pick up the peacekeepers late ...


UN: Syria shelling town where peacekeepers are captive - CBS News Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:56:02 GMT

UN: Syria shelling town where peacekeepers are captive
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Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari denied that government forces were shelling the village of Jamlah, but he said they were involved in military activity in the suburbs. He stressed that the government's goal is to see the peacekeepers released ...


Eight UN peacekeepers abandon posts near Syria, retreat to Israeli territory - Haaretz Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:05:33 GMT

Haaretz

Eight UN peacekeepers abandon posts near Syria, retreat to Israeli territory
Haaretz
After leaving their posts in the demilitarized zone between Israel and Syria, the soldiers were brought into Israel by the Israel Defense Forces, acting in coordination with UNDOF command. The soldiers are currently at an UNDOF post near Quneitra, in ...