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Topic: Syrian humanitarian crisis

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January 18, 2013
5:15 pm

This photo released by the Syrian official news agency, SANA, shows damage caused to a building after a rocket slammed into it, killing at least 12 people, in Aleppo, Syria, Friday. (AP Photo/SANA)

Twin suicide blasts hit south of Damascus

In spike in violence, rocket hits building in Aleppo, killing 12; government, rebels blame each other for launching the airstrike

By Barbara Surk

January 9, 2013
12:14 pm

Syrian President Bashar Assad gestures as speaks at the Opera House in central Damascus, Syria, last month (photo credit: AP/SANA)

Syria berates West for rejecting Assad peace plan

International community slammed the president’s initiative, delivered in a rare speech Sunday, ‘before even having the time to translate it,’ claims Damascus

January 5, 2013
1:02 pm

In this citizen journalist image, smoke billows over Damascus, Syria, in July (photo credit: AP)

Syrian journalist dies of wounds in Damascus shooting

State media denies rebel claims that interior minister is dead

January 3, 2013
3:23 pm

Civilians walk past vehicles destroyed by fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, in 2012. (photo credit: AP)

Hamas, PA reportedly refuse to take in Palestinian refugees from Syria

Gaza leader says the precedent might be used by Jerusalem to counter Palestinians’ demand for the ‘right of return’ to land within Israel

By Michal Shmulovich

December 30, 2012
5:55 pm

The streets of Aleppo, as fights between regime forces and the opposition continue (photo credit: Narciso Contreras/AP)

UN envoy estimates 100,000 Syrians could die in upcoming year

The ongoing war is ‘very, very bad’ Lakhdar Brahimi says, warning that the ‘situation is deteriorating’

By Bassem Mroue

December 29, 2012
12:39 am

Syrian refugees who fled the violence in their hometowns line up to fill plastic containers with water at a displaced persons camp near the Turkish border last month (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

UN seeks $1.5 billion for Syrian needy

Ban Ki-moon calls on world to do more to alleviate the suffering of more than 5 million victims of the civil war inside and outside the country

December 26, 2012
10:36 pm

Neck and neck with the greatest tyrants of the 20th century? Syrian President Bashar Assad (photo credit: Shutterstock)

French name Assad ‘man of the year’

Syrian president and ‘long-necked ophthalmologist’ joins likes of Hitler, Stalin among ruthless despots to get year-end accolades

By Raphael Ahren

December 24, 2012
1:21 pm

In this Nov. 29, 2012 file photo, Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for Syria, answers media questions after consultations at United Nations headquarters. (Photo credit: AP/Richard Drew)

Assad proves no bakery is safe

More attacks on civilians in Syria shock the Arab world; Russia tells Assad he can’t move in

By Michael Bassin

December 23, 2012
9:51 pm

Syrian Christians fear bleak future after Assad

Many worry that Syria will become another Iraq, with Christians caught in the crossfire between rival Islamic groups

By Barbara Surk

December 22, 2012
6:25 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter scans for Syrian Army positions in Azaz, Syria. (AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)

Rebels threaten to storm two Syrian Christian towns

Insurgents claim government troops are using the towns as a base; commander orders locals to ‘evict Assad’s gangs’ or face attack

By Bassem Mroue

December 22, 2012
4:30 pm

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia: We won’t give Assad shelter, but others ‘welcome’ to do so

Lavrov urges countries to go directly to the Syrian president with offers of a safe haven instead of turning to Moscow for mediation

December 18, 2012
8:22 am

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Baroness Valerie Amos (photo credit: courtesy/UN)

UN to step up contact with Syrian opposition on aid work

Humanitarian chief says she asked government to allow import of fuel, entry of 10 more international organizations

December 13, 2012
2:12 pm

Syria on verge of massacre

As Iran and Russia help pave the way for Assad to commit full-scale genocide, the world must intervene

By Ahmad Hashemi

December 12, 2012
4:33 pm

A Free Syrian Army fighter points his weapon as he watches a Syrian Army jet, not pictured, in Fafeen village, north of Aleppo province, Syria, on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. (photo credit: AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Syrian opposition calls for ‘real support,’ not just recognition

Bread and medical supplies not enough to topple the Assad regime, Marrakech summit told

By Paul Schemm

December 8, 2012
5:33 pm

British Foreign Secretary William Hague (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90/File)

Hague warns Assad regime may use chemical weapons

UK foreign secretary says intelligence shows Damascus might employ its stockpiles against rebels, adds that Washington shares Britain’s concern

By Yifa Yaakov and Ilan Ben Zion

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