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Some Syrians Fear an Escalation of Civil War if US Military Strikes

Global Politics

The vote Tuesday in Congress authorizing President Obama to use military force, has residents of Damascus concerned about a possible escalation of the civil war. Anchor Marco Werman speaks the the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen in Damascus.

Syrian artists use puppets, YouTube to comment on, illustrate ongoing civil war

Longtime Syrian dissident Kamal Labwani decries abuses by Assad government

Syrian cartoonist’s hands broken by attackers

Hezbollah Comes Clean: It Stands With Syrian Government

Conflict & Justice
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Video: YouTube Series Uses Puppets to Comment on Syria

Conflict & Justice

A web series challenges the Assad regime with fingerpuppets and the tools of political satire.

Syrian Fighter Pilot Defects to Jordan

Conflict & Justice

A Syrian Air Force colonel flew his fighter jet into Jordan, landed, then requested and received political asylum.

Mohja Kahf (right), her daughter, friend and brother-in-law, visiting a wounded Syrian man in Turkey.

Syrian Americans and the Syrian YouTube Revolution

Arts, Culture & Media

The United States is home to tens of thousands of people of Syrian heritage. Some are transfixed by the uprising back home. Reporter Michael May profiles one Syrian American writer who’s been glued to YouTube videos from home.

The Hama Massacre: 30 Years Later

Back in February 1982, then-Syrian President Hafez al-Assad unleashed his troops on the city of Hama in an attempt to wipe out the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters. The Massacre lasted for a month and tens of thousands of Syrians lost their lives. Now the Syrian people are rising against the current president Bashar al-Assad […]

Longtime Syrian Dissident Kamal Labwani Urges Continue Opposition to Assad Regime

Conflict & Justice

Kamal Labwani is a prominent longtime activist who was recently released from a Syrian jail. Labwani escaped to Jordan a few days ago and is working to bring down the Assad government.

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