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20 prisoners break out of rebel-held jail in Daraa province

(Zaman Al Wasl)- About 20 prisoners broke out of a rebel-held jail in southern Daraa province, shedding the light of the deteriorating security condition in Daraa after a series of assassinations and car bombs, local activists said on Sunday. The inmates who were charged with drug...

UN official: Syria siege 'an outrage,' demands aid access

The U.N.'s top human rights official is calling the Syrian government's siege of the capital's suburbs "an outrage" and says food and medical supplies must be allowed to reach civilians inside. Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Friday in a statement that residents of the Eastern Ghouta suburbs of...