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Mon May 20 10:37:33 SAST 2013

How is loss of R25bn progress? iLIVE

Syria set for full-scale war: iLIVE

AR Modak, Johannesburg | 17 July, 2012 00:03
Residents pray in front of the coffins of people who they say were killed by shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President al-Assad, during their funeral in Deraa
Residents pray in front of the coffins of people who they say were killed by shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
Image by: HANDOUT / REUTERS

Defections by soldiers once loyal to Syria's Bashar al-Assad are a tangible sign that the Syrian revolt is gearing up to become a full-scale conflict ("Putin, Annan meet over deepening Syrian crisis", yesterday).

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A senior army officer has fled to France and others have joined the resistance movement. With Kofi Annan's diplomatic shuttles a virtual failure and the Russians' support for the Assad regime unfailing, the world watches as hundreds of people are butchered by the repressive Assad regime.

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