May 13, 2012

Urban Warfare, the Modern Arab Scourge

Rami Khouri, Daily Star

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The two consecutive massive explosions outside a Syrian security building on Thursday morning marked another awful milestone in the 14-month-old conflict in Syria. They also reflected a sad business-as-usual pattern of developments across the entire Arab world.

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