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http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2012/05/31/world/middleeast/PREXY.html - FULL ARTICLE

 

SYRIA - MOTHER'S FACE OF TRAUMA - ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS

 

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A Syrian mother carried her injured son into Lebanon.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/27/world/middleeast/syrian-activists-claim-death-toll-in-village-soars.html?pagewanted=all

 

SYRIA - CIVILIANS, CHILDREN DIE IN BRUTAL ATTACK ON SYRIAN VILLAGE

By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and HWAIDA SAAD

May 28, 2012 - BEIRUT, Lebanon — More than 90 people, including at least 32 children under the age of 10, were killed in a central Syrian village, top United Nations officials said Saturday, accusing the government of perpetrating the “indiscriminate” shelling of civilian neighborhoods.

In one of the worst episodes of carnage since the uprising began 15 months ago, Syrian tanks and artillery pounded Houla, a rebel-controlled village near the restive city of Homs, during the day, opposition groups said, then soldiers and pro-government fighters stormed the village and killed families in their homes late at night........