Syria steps up violent crackdown against opponents

At least 45 civilians were killed in a tank assault by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces to occupy the center of Hama, an activist said on Thursday, in a sharp escalation of a military campaign aimed at ending an uprising against his rule. Reacting to intensifying assaults on Syrian cities ...

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