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Set up to be shot in Syria’s no man’s land?
In a war where they slit the throats of toddlers back to the spine, what’s the big deal in sending a van full of journalists into the killing zone, writes Alex Thomson.
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UN observers set out on another field trip on Saturday amid reports that 17 people were killed in overnight shelling in the Syrian town of Deraa, where the uprising began 15 months ago.
In a war where they slit the throats of toddlers back to the spine, what’s the big deal in sending a van full of journalists into the killing zone, writes Alex Thomson.
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Channel 4 News challenges the Syrian ambassador before the UN Human Rights Council’s special session probing the Houla massacre after 13 more bodies are discovered.
Britain and several other countries are expelling Syrian diplomats following the killing of 108 people, half of them children, in Houla.
The UN Security Council meets to discuss the massacre of more than 100 men, women and children in Houla as international condemnation grows.
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Up to 70 people are feared to have been killed in a deadly shell attack on houses in the central Syrian city of Hama amid a visit by UN observers.
Syria agrees on the terms of a ceasefire monitoring mission which will see more United Nations observers deployed.
Fresh clashes are reported in Syria ahead of a visit by UN monitors to oversee a ceasefire. The security council voted unanimously to authorise the deployment of up to 30 unarmed observers.