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Human Rights Watch about Syria: UN Inquiry Should Investigate Houla Killings
There’s no way a Syrian military commission can credibly investigate this horrendous crime when so much evidence suggests pro-government forces were responsible. Annan should insist that Syria grant access to the UN commission of inquiry to investigate th [...]
ournalism doesn’t need another black eye.
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President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have appeared on state TV packing food aid just hours after the Syrian first lady’s lavish lifestyle was targeted in an online appeal to “stop your husband.”
In an apparent effort to burnish the image of a [...]
Disappointing.” That was the general consensus on President Obama’s speech on the Middle East yesterday
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