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Syrian government forces take position in the Saif al-Dawla district of Aleppo on 11 August as deadly clashes raged in Syria's second city and regime forces shelled several rebel-held neighbourhoods AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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Ending the violence in Syria: lots of talk but little action

While regional and world powers develop separate plans to solve the crisis,…

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Syrian man wounded by shelling sits on a chair outside a closed shop in the Al-Muasalat area in Aleppo AFP PHOTO/ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
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Iran supplying Syria with weapons

Amid Brahimi’s statements about increasing violence in Syria, New York Times report…

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Protester beats a drum during an anti-Syrian regime demonstration outside the Syrian embassy in Cairo AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA
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After Syrian Embassy violence, MB calls for demonstrations

MB calling for protests all over Egypt to show solidarity with the…

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The hand of a victim is seen during the funeral of civilians killed in an air strike by the Syrian army in an undisclosed location in the northern province of Aleppo on 3 September AFP PHOTO / ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS
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Highest rates of death and displacement since the uprising in Syria began

Struggle intensifies with no end in sight

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A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) shows a member of the Syrian security forces inspecting the wreckage of a vehicle in Al-Mehdi Street in the Abu Remmaneh district of the Syrian capital Damascus on September 2, 2012 as Syrian state TV reported twin bombings near security service buildings in the centre of the capital and said they wounded four people. AFP PHOTO/HO/SANA
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Damascus blast and attacks on military installations on the rise

The continuing violence in Syria and the apparently well-coordinated attacks on military…

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Syrian families which have been displaced due to fighting between rebel fighters and Syrian government forces are seen near the Syrian border with Turkey on 25 August AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS
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More Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR

Amid Brahimi’s worry, more Syrians flee the conflict-torn country

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Anti-Damascus regime supporters gather in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighbourhood in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli following clashes between pro- and anti-Syrian regime supporters on 21 August AFP PHOTO / STR
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Clashes in Tripoli leave at least 33 wounded

Sectarian violence erupts in Lebanon, wounding 33 people

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: An image grab taken from a video released by the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) shows members of the UN Supervision Mission in Syria during a tour of the central Syrian cities of Homs and Rastan on 29 July 2012 (photo: AFP / HO / UNSMIS)
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UN reports violations of humanitarian law in Aleppo

Observers caution both sides to abide by international humanitarian law

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