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[Newscast] The sound of live ammunition,

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security forces dispatch in full force.

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Protests calling for freedom
and political reform in Daraa

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have been going on for the last six days.

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Some even called for the
downfall of the regime,

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and there are reports that the protests
are spreading to Damascus and other

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parts of southern Syria.

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Human rights groups have called on Syrian
government to end its excessive use of

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force against peaceful demonstrators.

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A wave of pro-democracy uprisings have
rocked the Middle East and North Africa

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for the last two months.

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It is President Bashar al-Assad's first
significant challenge since he inherited

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the leadership from his
father Hafez al-Assad,

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a man who governed
Syria with an iron fist.

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[Newscast] The free Syrian army say
government forces backed by Hezbollah

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fighters have taken control of the
town close to the Lebanese border,

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being the scene of fierce
fighting for the last two weeks,

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overwhelming firepower and
a lack of supplies. In a

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statement those opposed to the regime in
Damascus said hundreds have been killed

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in the onslaught.

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[Angelina Jolie] Every 14 seconds
someone crosses Syria's border...

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By the end of this year half of Syria's
population, 10 million people...

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will be in desperate need of
food, shelter.

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[Newscast] There's more heavy
fighting going on in Syria.

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Rebels taking over most of
a major city in the north,

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tearing down a statute of President
Bashar Assad's late father...

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[Newscast] Raqqa is a city of some
500,000. Though it's not clear,

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the rebels could hold onto the city.

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Already pro-Assad forces are
mounting a counter attack.

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There are reports that Syrian jets are
pounding rebel and opposition forces in

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that area.

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[Newscast] The pictures
have shocked the world.

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Hundreds of people killed in an apparent
chemical weapons attack on a Damascus

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suburb.

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What is perhaps equally shocking is
that a United Nations team of chemical

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weapons experts is in Syria and staying
at a hotel not far from the scene.

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Now pressure to allow the UN team
access to the site is mounting even from

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Assad's strongest ally.

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A Russian foreign ministry statement
urged the Syrian government to cooperate

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with the UN chemical weapons experts,

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but there is little unity in
Washington on how it would respond.

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[Newscast] Islamic State militants are
celebrating the capture of a government

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airbase in northeast Syria,

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reportedly displaying the severed head
of conquered soldiers as trophies in

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their stronghold of Raqqa city.

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The nearby Tabqa airbase
had been President Assad's
last foothold in the Raqqa

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region. Otherwise controlled...

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[Newscast] The new name a statement:
This is our new caliphate...

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[Newscast] ...they came by land
to Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary,

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and when they were denied transport
there, they just got up and walked west.

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A desperate tide of humanity that
finally pricked Europe's conscience.

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[Newscast] Lebanon is holding a day of
mourning after at least 43 people were

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killed.

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A reminder that Lebanon can't escape from
the war next door. [Newscast] We know

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that Lebanon is politically divided
over the conflict in neighbouring Syria.

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There are groups who support
the Syrian opposition.

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There are groups that support the
Syrian President Bashar Assad.

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And this has caused a lot of tensions.
And it's not just a political divide,

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but a sectarian divide. Now, I can
tell you what people here are saying,

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there's a lot of anger,
but at the same time,

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there is fear that there's going
to be another cycle of violence.

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Even opponents of the Lebanese armed group
Hezbollah condemned the attack saying

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it was unjustifiable, it's a crime.
But all this talk about national unity,

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even the Prime Minister saying that we
need to set aside our differences...