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Horror of Syria's war displayed at UN - Fox News Wed, 16 Apr 2014 01:15:11 GMT

The Guardian

Horror of Syria's war displayed at UN
Fox News
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Horrific images of corpses from Syria's civil war, including shriveled bodies of detainees starved to death and others with their eyes gouged out, were among some 55,000 photographs smuggled out of Syria and presented at ...
Grisly torture photos from Syria stun UN officialsUSA TODAY
Starvation, strangulation: UN to see Syria torture photosCBS News
Syrian torture images to be examined by UN security councilThe Guardian
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Assad Claims a 'Turning Point' in Syria As Military Makes Gains - TIME Tue, 15 Apr 2014 16:38:51 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Assad Claims a 'Turning Point' in Syria As Military Makes Gains
TIME
Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gesture from their tank, as they Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar Assad gesture from their tank, as they pass Mar Bacchus Sarkis monastery, in Maaloula village, northeast of Damascus, after ...
Hezbollah TV staff killed in Syria Christian town attackAl-Arabiya
In Assad's coastal heartland, Syria's war creeps closerReuters
Syria war: Maaloula's monastery destroyed after Assad forces drive rebels outTelegraph.co.uk
McClatchy Washington Bureau -BBC News -The Australian
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Rebel videos show first US-made rockets in Syria - Chicago Tribune Tue, 15 Apr 2014 13:46:09 GMT

The Daily Star

Rebel videos show first US-made rockets in Syria
Chicago Tribune
Related; Syria civil war. None of that equipment, however, is seen as enough to turn the tide of battle in a now broadly stalemated war, with Assad dominant in Syria's central cities and along the Mediterranean coast and the rebels in the interior ...
Videos show first US-made rockets in SyriaThe Daily Star
Rebel videos, photos show US-made rockets in SyriaRT

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Syrian army enters Homs neighbourhoods - Aljazeera.com Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:54:28 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syrian army enters Homs neighbourhoods
Aljazeera.com
Syrian army troops backed by pro-government militia members have entered rebel-held neighbourhoods of the central city of Homs after laying siege to the districts for nearly two years. Activists on the ground and the Britain-based Syrian Observatory ...
Hundreds of Syria's Homs evacuees fear indefinite detentionChannel News Asia
Hundreds of evacuees from Syria's Homs fear indefinite detentionThe Daily Star
Syrian army launches assault on Homs: state TVAl-Arabiya
Hurriyet Daily News -Yahoo News
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UN Official Condemns Use of Torture in Syrian War - New York Times Tue, 15 Apr 2014 00:02:30 GMT

Human Rights Watch

UN Official Condemns Use of Torture in Syrian War
New York Times
GENEVA — The United Nations human rights chief, Navi Pillay, condemned the rampant and routine use of torture by the Syrian authorities in a paper released by her office on Monday, which also records torture by some armed opposition groups and serious ...
UN rights chief deplores torture in war-plagued SyriaLos Angeles Times
UN Security Council: Support Justice for SyriaHuman Rights Watch
Torture 'routinely' used in Syria: UN rights chiefThe Daily Star
Voice of America -GlobalPost (blog)
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UN Security Council sees grim images of Syrian dead - Fox News Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:53:55 GMT

UN Security Council sees grim images of Syrian dead
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Syria's Justice Ministry has dismissed the photos and accompanying report as "politicized and lacking objectiveness and professionalism," a "gathering of images of unidentified people, some of whom have turned out to be foreigners." The ministry said ...


Canada prepared for possible military mission in Syria, defence documents show - National Post Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:26:37 GMT

National Post

Canada prepared for possible military mission in Syria, defence documents show
National Post
Canadian defence and diplomatic officials have been quietly working on plans for possible Canadian military missions — as well as shoring up non-religious groups on the ground — in Syria as its three-year civil war continues.
Canada is planning to invade Syria, leaked reports sayAl-Bawaba

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Drought Could Complicate Already Difficult Food Crisis In Syria - NPR Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:00:45 GMT

NPR

Drought Could Complicate Already Difficult Food Crisis In Syria
NPR
The war in Syria, now in its fourth year, has created a massive humanitarian crisis. More than 2 million Syrians have left the country in an attempt to escape the conflict. Millions more have been displaced inside Syria, forced to leave their homes to ...

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In Jordan Town, Syria War Inspires Jihadist Dreams - New York Times Sun, 13 Apr 2014 15:32:04 GMT

In Jordan Town, Syria War Inspires Jihadist Dreams
New York Times
Here in the hometown of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who gained infamy for his bloody reign as the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq during the early years of the American occupation there, the increasingly sectarian war in Syria has ignited militants, inspiring the ...

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Oh My Sweet Land review – Stunning reportage that gives Syria conflict human ... - The Guardian Tue, 15 Apr 2014 11:30:46 GMT

The Guardian

Oh My Sweet Land review – Stunning reportage that gives Syria conflict human ...
The Guardian
How do you present the situation in Syria on stage? The answer, in this extraordinary piece conceived and performed by Corinne Jaber and written and directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi, is to focus on a journey. In Zuabi's I Am Yusuf and This Is My Brother ...

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