No Peace in Syria
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad meeting with international peace envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, in Damascus. (Photo: REUTERS/Sana Sana)
United Nations’ peace envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, met with Syria’s President Assad on Monday to seek ways to end the civil war there. This past weekend saw some of the most horrific violence, as a line of people waiting to buy bread were hit by an air strike.
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