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Syria refugee numbers jump 10 percent in week: U.N.
The U.N. said Thursday that the number of registered Syrian refugees jumped 10 percent in the past week alone, part of what the U.N. commissioner for refugees called a “staggering escalation.”
France, meanwhile, pushed for quickly lifting a European Union ban on arming Syrian rebels.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country is ready to supply weapons even if other EU countries disagree. The United States and other countries have been reluctant to send weapons partly because of fears they may fall into the hands of extremists.
Fighting in Syria has intensified, prompting growing numbers of Syrians to flee their country.
The human rights group Amnesty International said Thursday that the regime is increasingly using lethal battlefield weapons, including widely banned cluster bombs, in attacks on residential areas.
“The frequency and scale of such attacks – which constitute war crimes – has increased in recent months, with disastrous consequences for the civilian population,” the group said in a report.
On Thursday, Syrian warplanes struck several areas across the country, activists said.
In Israel, the military intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, warned that the regime is making “advanced preparations” for using chemical weapons, but has not given the order yet to activate them.
Kochavi did not elaborate. He also said Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah are fighting alongside Assad.
The Syria conflict began two years ago as a largely peaceful uprising against Assad. A government crackdown triggered an insurgency that turned into a civil war last summer.
More: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/201…-U-N-.html
2013-03-14 21:02:25
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