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A Free Syrian Army fighter carries his weapon as he moves taking cover by sandbags near the Justice Palace, which is controlled by forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, in Aleppo October 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Hamid Khatib)
Syria: Fighting rages around Barzeh in Damascus
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Al-Assad continued shelling the Barzeh district in Damascus on Friday, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Several Free Syrian Army battalions are stationed in that part of the Syrian capital. Anti-Assad...Caption:
Syrian children stand in front of a UNICEF school during a visit by European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response Kristalina Georgieva and Italy’s Foreign Minister Emma Bonino at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria June 25, 2013. (Reuters/Muhammad Hamed)
Syria’s Deadly Bureaucracy
The latest chemical attack, which allegedly killed hundreds in Damascus, will worsen the humanitarian disaster in Syria. Last week, the UN registered the one millionth Syrian child refugee. Earlier in the month, the UN also confirmed what many already suspected—that...Two rights officials in Russia plan to meet Snowden
Moscow, AP—Two prominent Russian human rights officials say they plan to meet on Friday with Edward Snowden, who recently leaked of US National Security Agency secrets, after receiving an invitation calling them to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport....Caption:
Libyan protesters hold placards and banners during a demonstration in support of the “political isolation law” banning Gaddafi-era officials in Libya’s landmark Martyrs Square on May 5, 2013 in Tripoli, Libya (AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD TURKIA)
