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Inside Syria, Where Few Journalists Are Allowed

Mohammed  Adnan al-Bakkour, the attorney general of the central province of Hama in Syria, appeared in a video announcing his resignation on Wednesday in protest of government brutality. But the Syrian  government  denies al-Bakkour’s  claims and refuses to accept his resignation, saying he was kidnapped and forced to give the statement. Bloody uprisings started more than five months ago […]

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