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In Lebanon gyms, playtime and escape for Syrian children

Every Sunday, the gymnasium along Beirut's airport highway echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of Syrian children enjoying a rare escape from a grim and confined life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children,...

Turning pebbles into pictures of the war in Syria

(BBC)- The imagery is all too familiar. A family on the move, their meagre belongings carried on their heads; a cluster of frightened children gripping a mother figure; the body of a victim cradled on the ground by a woman. These are depictions of the war in Syria - but they have been...

Syria demands that peace talks rivals, UN condemn attacks

Syria's chief negotiator at U.N.-sponsored talks in Geneva demanded Saturday that all opposition parties at the talks condemn the deadly assault in Homs or be considered "accomplices of terrorism." "Any party who refuses to condemn these attacks today we will consider that party to be an...