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December 26, 2012

Assad's War on the Bread Lines

Steven Sotloff, Foreign Policy

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The regime has frequently bombed crowded bread lines staffed by rebels because they are easy targets -- even for the most inexperienced fighter pilots. On Sunday, Dec. 23, dozens of civilians were killed when a fighter jet made several bombing runs over a bread line in the city of Halfaya, in the central province of Hama.

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TAGGED: Middle East, Bashar al-Assad, Syria

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