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Posts Tagged ‘Syria Chemical Weapons’

Poison Gas Kills a Family, In Apparent Chemical Weapons Attack

Mohammed Sergie (@msergie) and Karen Leigh (@leighstream)  –  April 17, 2013 0 Comments

AFRIN, ALEPPO PROVINCE – After completing his prayers around 1 a.m. on April 13, Yasser fell asleep with his wife, two young children, and sister, who all shared a bed in a modest home in Sheikh Maqsood, the Kurdish-majority frontline neighborhood in Aleppo.

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EXCLUSIVE: US Trains Rebel Brigades to Secure Chemical Weapons

Lara Setrakian and Alex Zerden  –  December 07, 2012 37 Comments

The US and its allies have hired contractors to train some Syrian rebel brigades in chemical weapons security, Syria Deeply has exclusively learned from four diplomats, including one US official. The sources asked to remain anonymous, as they deal directly with developments in Syria. The training would mark a higher level of coordination between the US and armed opposition forces, working to secure Syria’s chemical arsenal during a period of political turmoil.

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Talking with Kelly McEvers, Beirut Bureau Chief, NPR

May 20, 2013

Kelly McEvers is National Public Radio’s bureau chief in Beirut. Since 2011, she has repeatedly traveled into Syria. Her work from the conflict was honored with the 2013 Peabody Award. Previously, she was NPR’s Baghdad bureau chief. She spoke with Syria Deeply about changes in covering the conflict and why Syria is not Iraq. Syria [...]

Ali Ferzat’s Sarcastic Revolution

May 19, 2013

Ali Ferzat is a renowned Syrian political cartoonist and the creator of more than 15,000 published drawings. In August 2011, Ferzat was reportedly dragged out of his car while driving in central Damascus by masked forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad’s regime. His fingers were systematically broken and he was left for dead by the side [...]

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Syria’s Untold Story

May 20, 2013

The following is the edited text of Jenan Moussa’s speech, with a new angle on Syria’s women, delivered at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum. Moussa is a correspondent for Al Aan, a pan-Arab satellite television channel based in Dubai. She makes frequent trips into Syria.

Egypt and Syrian Refugees: It’s Complicated

May 16, 2013

Every time I have to travel to Egypt, my heart jumps with joy like a little girl about to go to an amusement park. Egypt has and will always have a special place in my heart. It was the place I was born, it’s where I went to university, where I first fell in love, [...]