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Syria calls for help rebuilding health system wrecked by "terrorists"
سورية تدعو للمساعدة باعادة بناء النظام الصحي الذي دمره الإرهابيين
GENEVA - Syria's government begged the world for help on Wednesday to rebuild a healthcare system it said had been destroyed by "terrorists", despite reports by UN officials that Syrian government forces were largely to blame for the damage.
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middle-east
Syria army battles to break siege on Aleppo central prison
معارك الجيش السوري لكسر الحصار على السجن المركزي بحلب
BEIRUT - Syria's army has launched a fierce assault on rebel fighters in a bid to break their year-long siege on Aleppo's central prison, a monitor, state media and activists reported Wednesday.
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Chemistry world
Eliminating Syria's chemical weapons
إزالة الأسلحة الكيميائية من السورية
Toxic chemicals have been used in war for centuries, with the earliest archaeological evidence of their use dating from Roman times: around AD 256, dense clouds of choking gases formed from burning bitumen and sulfur crystals were used to kill 20 men, ironically in Syria. Chemical weapons technology has moved on somewhat since then and on 21 August 2013, after five apparent practice runs earlier in the year, an estimated 1500 Syrians, mainly civilians including many children, were killed by exposure to the nerve gas sarin in the eastern suburbs of Damascus.
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http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2014/05/syrian-chemical-weapons-feature
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Iran Denies Report It's Recruiting Afghans To rferl Fight In Syria
إيران تنفي تقرير إستقدام الأفغان للقتال في سورية
Iran's government has denied a report it is recruiting Afghan refugees living in Iran to fight in Syria.Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham said the report -- from the "The Wall Street Journal" last week -- is "completely unfounded and is aimed at damaging Iran's reputation in Afghanistan.
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Open democracy
Syria's war economy
الحرب الاقتصادية السورية
The economy is the bedrock that any future Syria will be built on. This excerpt from the concluding sections of ECFR's policy brief explores what is left of that bedrock, how it has been transformed, and what European states can do in the light of the current state of Syria's economy.
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Ibtimes
Syria: Memoir of an Assad Torture Chamber
سورية : مذكرات من غرفة تعذيب الأسد
After Hamza died, Ahmed took the stone out of one of the few olives he was given for lunch by the prison guard and scribbled on the wall."In memory of a father of three girls, who passed away in this cell. He wanted to live.
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