China paper says West stirring up civil war in Syria

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How Islamists hijacked the Arab Spring

abc.net.au | 3:41 am Feb 20, 2012

His previous book on Egypt predicted last year's Arab Spring uprisings.Now British author and former foreign correspondent John Bradley is warning that the Arab Spring has been hijacked by dangerous extremists.His latest book, After the Arab Spring, is…
Syria's crisis is leading us to unlikely bedfellows

telegraph.co.uk | 5:46 am Feb 20, 2012

When two car bombings killed nearly 50 people in the heart of the Syrian capital of Damascus just before Christmas, we in the West were quick to challenge claims made on state TV that the atrocities had been carried out by al-Qaeda. We were inclined to…
Syria refugees tell of civilian misery in besieged Homs

bbc.co.uk | 6:03 am Feb 20, 2012

The latest evidence from Syria suggests that President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing an all-out assault on areas still controlled by his opponents. The BBC has spoken to Syrian refugees who say the situation in many towns and cities is increasingly…