Syria Live Coverage: The Uncertainties Over Chemical Weapons

President Assad on Wednesday with families of those killed in the conflict

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1938 GMT: Whole Neighborhoods Leveled in Aleppo. In the last two days, many districts in Aleppo have been intensely bombed by Assad's airforce. By the end of last night, more than a dozen civilians were killed and dozens more injured as homes collapsed in the Sukary district, trapping many in the rubble.

Today, this video shows some of the devastation in the Tal Zarazir district, in the southwestern part of the city, close to Sukkary (map).

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Syria Live Coverage: Regime Shelling Prevents Release of 21 UN Peacekeepers

Freed UN peacekeepers arrived in the Jordanian capital Amman today

See also Syria Feature: US, Britain, and France Train Insurgents in Jordan
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1807 GMT: Captured Governor. Claimed footage of the Governor of al-Raqqa province, captured last week when insurgents took al-Raqqa city, under the flag of the Islamist insurgency Jabhat al-Nusra --- he is the figure on the right:

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