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Syria: Mounting Casualties from Cluster Munitions

Syrian forces’ use of cluster munitions in residential areas is causing mounting civilian casualties, Human Rights Watch said today. An initial review of available information has identified at least 119 locations across Syria where at least 156 cluster bombs have been used in the past six months.

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Britain and France Prepared to Arm Syrian Rebels

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has said that France and Britain are prepared to start supplying arms to the Syrian rebels even without unanimous EU support.

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Syrian refugees at Reyhanli Refugee Camp

Syria: A “Hemorrhaging Country”

Syria is a “hemorrhaging country,” says Panos Moumtzis, the UNHCR’s regional refugee coordinator for the Syria crisis. He spoke with Syria Deeply founder Lara Setrakian in a Google Hangout this week, shortly after Syria’s official refugee toll hit the 1 million mark.

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Syria: Who Should Help and When?

A year after Marie Colvin was killed in Homs, the war in Syria is still raging and has cost the lives of more than 60,000 people. Following new US Secretary of State John Kerry’s first foreign tour, a discussion at the Frontline Club asked if he can deliver on his vow not to leave the Syrian opposition “dangling in the wind”.

UK to Send Armoured Vehicles and Body Armour to Syrian Rebels

In an effort to help save lives in Syria, Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that the UK will supply the rebels with armoured vehicles and body armour in their struggle to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad.

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