Syria Daily: Regime Fails Again in Hama in Northwest Offensive
The Assad regime again fails to advance in 8-week offensive in northwest Syria, taking heavy losses in an assault on a key hilltop in NW Hama Province.
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Author: Scott Lucas
How Syria’s Assad Regime Used Child Rape as a Weapon of War
“Sexual violence” as a weapon: Testimony from victims and from former officials depicts the Assad regime’s detention, abuse, and rape of children in Syria.
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EA on Monocle 24 and BBC: 2nd Democratic Debate — Winners, Losers, and Looking Ahead….
Kamala Harris shines, Joe Biden stumbles, Bernie Sanders struggles, and Pete Buttigieg is steady as issues come to fore in 2nd Democratic debate
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EA on BBC: Twitter’s 1st Step For Responsible Speech by Politicians
Scott Lucas on Twitter’s guidance for politicians as necessary 1st step, but why it can go farther in deleting hate-speech tweets and/or suspending tweeters
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EA on BBC: In Alabama — Pregnant Woman Charged With Manslaughter After She Was Shot
Scott Lucas explains a precedent-setting case in Alabama, where a 27-year-old woman is being prosecuted for manslaughter after she was shot in the stomach.
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Iran Daily: “We Only Want to Sell Our Oil”
Senior official pleads for Iran to be able to export its oil, bypassing US sanctions — a contrast to defiant line of Supreme Leader and President.
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