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U.N.: Death toll in Syria tops 100,000

   More than 100,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Thursday as he called for a peace conference to stop the violence on both sides. "We have to bring this to an end," Ban said in remarks before meeting with U.S....

A car bomb near Damascus, killing 7 and wounding 62

A car bomb exploded in the Syrian city of Jaramana near the capital of Damascus, killing seven people and wounding 62, Syrian state TV reported. Jaramana, about 5 kilometers southeast of the Syrian capital, has a mostly Christian and Druze population known for backing the regime...

Polish Photojournalist kidnapped in Idleb province

Reporters Without Borders called for the immediate and unconditional release of Polish photojournalist Marcin Suder, who was kidnapped by a dozen masked gunmen at around 11 a.m. yesterday in Saraqeb, in the northwestern province of Idlib. A freelancer who works for the  Corbis...

Local Emir of Jabhat al-Nusra, killed in Homs

Local Emir of Jabhat al-Nusra, an Iraqi, was killed by clashes with regime forces, activists in the town of al-Sekhna, east Reef Homs, reported to the London-based Human Rights observatory. The Regime forces have been able to retake the town after clashes begun with al-Nusra...