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Olle Johansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden —
Posted on May 13, 2013
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on May 12, 2013
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Tom Janssen, Cagle Cartoons, The Netherlands —
Posted on May 10, 2013
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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen —
Posted on May 9, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on May 7, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Apr 30, 2013
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Daryl Cagle, CagleCartoons.com —
Posted on Apr 29, 2013
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Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News —
Posted on Apr 28, 2013
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Mar 9, 2013
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Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
Posted on Feb 24, 2013
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Olle Johansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden —
Posted on Feb 11, 2013
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on Feb 6, 2013
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Emad Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Jordan —
Posted on Jan 25, 2013
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Emad Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Jordan —
Posted on Jan 9, 2013
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Emad Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Jordan —
Posted on Jan 3, 2013
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on Jan 3, 2013
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Emad Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Jordan —
Posted on Jan 2, 2013
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on Dec 27, 2012
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on Dec 23, 2012
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Cam Cardow, Cagle Cartoons, The Ottawa Citizen —
Posted on Dec 14, 2012
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AP/Muhammed Muheisen
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The 2-year-old conflict between the Syrian government and its opposition that has killed 40,000 civilians and threatens to destabilize the Middle East was escalated in recent days when forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fired Soviet-era Scud missiles at rebel fighters, American officials said Wednesday.
Posted on Dec 12, 2012
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Olle Johansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden —
Posted on Dec 4, 2012
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on Sep 14, 2012
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Osama Hajjaj, Cagle Cartoons, Abu Mahjoob Creative Productions —
Posted on Aug 10, 2012
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President Barack Obama earlier this year secretly authorized the CIA and other U.S. agencies to support Syrian rebels in their fight against President Bashar al-Assad, anonymous sources have told Reuters.
Posted on Aug 2, 2012
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Fighters in the Free Syrian Army are optimistic they will shake their nation loose from Bashar al-Assad’s rule. But what will their cities, towns and villages look like when their struggle is over? Some are looking to the West for help rebuilding their country.
Posted on Jul 25, 2012
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Bob Englehart, Cagle Cartoons, The Hartford Courant —
Posted on Jul 19, 2012
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A suicide bomber killed three high-ranking members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government on Wednesday, including the defense minister and Assad’s brother-in-law, who was deputy chief of staff of the military.
Posted on Jul 18, 2012
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The online whistle-blowing group WikiLeaks on Thursday began publishing what it claims are more than 2 million emails involving Syrian President Bashar Assad’s inner circle.
Posted on Jul 5, 2012
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RJ Matson, Cagle Cartoons, Roll Call —
Posted on Jun 1, 2012
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Among the latest developments in the Syrian humanitarian crisis, China and Russia have reaffirmed their opposition to a forced regime change; Turkey and Japan joined 11 other countries in expelling Syrian diplomats, and the U.N.’s Human Rights Council is due to meet to discuss the massacre in the city of Houla.
Posted on May 30, 2012
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After the release of a gut-wrenching video purporting to show the bodies of Syrian children and their families slain in the attack on Houla on Friday, governments around the world signaled their shared disapproval of the Assad regime by expelling Syrian diplomats and ambassadors Tuesday.
Posted on May 29, 2012
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The United Nations has confirmed that 32 children and nearly twice as many adults were killed after Syrian government forces attacked the western town of Houla. Locals are furious that U.N. observers, deployed to monitor a cease-fire between officials and the opposition, did not intervene.
Posted on May 26, 2012
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AP/SANA
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Two explosions left a scene of smoldering carnage in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Thursday morning, killing 55 people and injuring nearly 400.
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Taylor Jones, Cagle Cartoons, Politicalcartoons.com —
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Kap, Cagle Cartoons, Spain —
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Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald Tribune —
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Olle Johansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden —
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Luojie, Cagle Cartoons, China Daily, China —
Posted on Mar 1, 2012
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Mitt Romney swipes Rick Santorum with his Senate record. President Obama proposes subsidizing energy innovators as gas shoots up 12 cents a gallon in one week. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offers a show of support for Assad’s opponents, and Greece signs loan papers.
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DAPD / Clemens Bilan
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It’s about time. A U.N. panel has concluded that members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime are guilty of “gross human rights violations” amounting to crimes against humanity.
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FreedomHouse (CC-BY)
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Fear and bloodshed remain a constant in the Syrian capital of Damascus, where at least one person was killed and several were injured Saturday when security forces opened fire at the funeral of three youths killed Friday during a protest against President Bashar al-Assad.
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AP / Bilal Hussein
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A Syrian military general and hospital director was killed in an attack by three gunmen in a residential street in Damascus on Saturday in an assassination that marks a move away from the anti-government uprising’s nonviolent roots. The killing came ahead of a meeting of Arab League members in Cairo to consider a new response to the violence in Syria.
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AP / Local Coordination Committees in Syria
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Bashar al-Assad’s government rained more than 200 bombs on the opposition-controlled city of Homs on Wednesday, killing an unconfirmed 27 people and demolishing homes. The Russian and Chinese governments maintained their policy of nonintervention while leaders of Western and Arab nations scrambled to decide how, if at all, to get involved.
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AP / Muzaffar Salman
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The Arab League and the rest of the international community seem at a loss to prevent rising tension and violence in Syria from driving the country into full-blown civil war.
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AP / Bassem Tellawi
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At least 27 people were killed in violence across Syria on Saturday as thousands mourned at a government-organized funeral for those killed in Friday’s bomb attack in the capital city of Damascus. Anti-Assad forces suspect the president’s sympathizers ordered the bombing to lend credence to the claim that the government is battling terrorists rather than suppressing dissent.
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AP / Scanpix Sweden, Christine Olsson, File
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Two of Syria’s major opposition groups, the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Committee, overcame fracturing to sign an agreement Friday to set up an egalitarian democracy that will draft a new constitution and operate without foreign military aid, in the event ongoing protests succeed in ousting President Bashar al-Assad.
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