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Kurdish Syrian girls are pictured among destroyed buildings in the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobane, also known as Ain Al-Arab, on March 22, 2015. (AFP Photo/Yasin Akgul)

Opinion: From Aleppo to Yarmouk, All is “Unreasonable”

by Diana Moukalled | Apr 20, 2015 | Opinion

A few days ago, members of the UN Security Council watched a video showing a Syrian doctor attempting to rescue children who had allegedly been the victims of a chlorine gas attack by Syrian government forces. After viewing the video, the United States’ ambassador to...

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Rubble and heavy damage remain on a deserted street during a government escorted visit to Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, on April 9, 2015. (AP Photo)

PLO says against Syrian army drive to regain Yarmouk camp from militants

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2015 | Middle East

Damascus, Reuters—The PLO said on Thursday it refused to be drawn into supporting any military offensive in the war-battered Yarmouk camp on the outskirts of Damascus, backing away from earlier comments by one of its members that lent support to Syrian army action...

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A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows the Syrian parliament convening on April 21, 2014, in Damascus. Syria will hold presidential elections on June 3, the country’s parliamentary speaker said. (AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA)

Syria: Presidential “campaign” opens amid aid delivery delays

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 24, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, AP—A 54-year-old lawmaker and a former minister, became the second candidate to register his bid in Syria’s almost universally scorned presidential elections, officials said on Thursday. A day earlier, a lawmaker from Aleppo announced his candidacy for...

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Women prepare food to be distributed to residents at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, south of Damascus, on April 19, 2014. (Reuters/Rame Alsayed)

UN warns Yarmouk in danger of starvation as food supplies run out

by Nazeer Rida | Apr 21, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—United Nations officials renewed their warnings of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe in the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus on Sunday, the day after they predicted existing food supplies in the camp would run out after...

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Debris lie in a street of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on January 24, 2014. The Syrian government warned it may quit peace talks in Geneva, accusing the opposition of being neither serious nor prepared for negotiations, state television said. AFP PHOTO / MOHAMMED WESAM

Syria: Airstrikes intensify in Aleppo as Yarmouk death toll hits 63

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 25, 2014 | Middle East

Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Syrian military stepped up its airstrikes on Aleppo and Damascus on Friday as peace talks between Syrian government and opposition in Switzerland entered their third day. At least seven people were killed and dozens were injured after...