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Syrian Kurdish refugees at the Quru Gusik refugee camp, 13 miles (20 kilometers) east of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 22, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED)

Opinion: One million Syrian refugee children another shameful milestone

by António Guterres and Anthony Lake | Aug 24, 2013 | Opinion

Today, another Syrian child has crossed the border, fleeing the horrors of a war now into its third destructive year. And at that moment, we passed a new milestone of global shame. This was the one millionth child forced from Syria since the horrors began. Imagine...

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French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (R) and his British counterpart William Hague (L) speak during a press conference in Paris, France, 21 August 2013 (EPA/IAN LANGSDON)

Debate: The West has abandoned the Syrian opposition after trying to support it

by Nick Fielding | Aug 23, 2013 | Debate

After months of buildup, softening of public opinion and clear political support for the Syrian opposition, the United Kingdom and France have spent the past two months engaged in furious backpedalling. For months, diplomats from the Foreign Office and the Quai...

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Members of ‘Free Men of Syria’ (Ahrar Suriya) brigade, operating under the Free Syrian Army, gesture and hold their weapons as they head in a convoy to Sadd al-Shouhadaa on the Euphrates river in the eastern countryside of Aleppo to declare the formation of the Eastern Front August 18, 2013. REUTERS/Muzaffar Salman

Debate: The West never stood with the Syrian opposition

by Haitham Al-Maleh | Aug 23, 2013 | Debate

From the time it came to power in Syria in a military coup on March 8, 1963, the pan-Arab Ba’ath party has endeavored to alter the social makeup of Syria. The authorities put Syrians under pressure, prompting many to leave the country, while others were assassinated...

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A Free Syrian Army fighter holding a weapon, walks past writing on the wall that reads, “Sniper of lions Abou Alaa” on a street near Nairab military airport, in Aleppo August 9, 2013. REUTERS/Nour Kelze (SYRIA – Tags: CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST)

Syria: SNC set to combat “warlords”

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 10, 2013 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—On Friday, the head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Ahmed Jarba revealed plans to form a “national army” consisting of 6,000 opposition fighters to fight what he described as “warlords” taking part in Syria’s over two-year-old civil war....

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A Syrian carries a revolution flag during a Friday protest in Aleppo, Syria, where young people and children sang songs against Bashar Assad and the Syrian regime, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.(AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)

Against All Odds

by Maryam Saleh | Aug 3, 2013 | The Majalla Magazine

Every Saturday, a group of women in Salamia, a city in western Syria, meet to discuss the events of the past week in relation to the two-year uprising against President Bashar Al-Assad. The women, who oppose the Syrian government, draft a political statement...