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Entries in Mahmoud Shammam (2)

Sunday
Jul312011

Syria (and Beyond) LiveBlog: The Battle for the Cities

Latest death toll in military operations in Syria today: 136

2020 GMT: Pro-reform demonstration today in Casablanca in Morocco:

2015 GMT: Silent, candle-lit vigil in Amuda in northeast Syria tonight for the victims of today's violence:

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Thursday
May052011

Syria, Libya (and Beyond) LiveBlog: What to Do With the Opposition?

2000 GMT: The head of the United Nation's World Food Programme has warned that Libya's food supplies could be exhausted soon unless plans are put in place.

WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said Supply concerns are particularly acute in the oppsoition-held east: "The challenge in Libya is that this is a centrally controlled food system that was run by the government, and it's not being restocked now. That whole system could run out of food in six to eight weeks."

"If we do not address the larger gaps in the food system in Libya -- particularly eastern Libya -- we'll have to envision a fairly massive humanitarian operation."

1940 GMT: Video of destruction in the southern Syrian town of Daraa, recorded after the withdrawal of military forces earlier today:

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