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Free Prominent Rights Activists at June 26 Trial

HRW calls The Syrian government is using its sweeping Counterterrorism Law and its recently established special court against human rights defenders and Extraordinary court will resume the trial of Mazen Darwish and four of his colleagues from the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression on accusations of “publicizing terrorist acts”

The Seige of Qaboun and Barzeh

A six-month siege on the areas has prompted fears of an imminent raid and massacre

Opinion: Will Cannibals govern Syria?

Two groups threaten the future of Syria: some of the rebels inside Syria, and the political opposition outside the country

Opinion: Obama's Disappointing Abandonment

The US has political and geostrategic interests in the Middle East but Obama, with his huge failure to pressure Putin, reflects an abandonment of these interests