<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - assad</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/assad</link><description>Newsvine - assad</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:11:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:45:51 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>One of The Most Horrific Massacres In Syria Yet: The Banias Massacre (Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)</title>
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145 civilians (34 children, 40 women, 71 men) killed in the Banias massacre 
The SOHR has now documented 145 victims killed in the Banias massacre,  this comes after receiving evidence proving that the dozens of civilians  who were in the torched houses or under the rubbl&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18308437-one-of-the-most-horrific-massacres-in-syria-yet-the-banias-massacre-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/17/18308437-one-of-the-most-horrific-massacres-in-syria-yet-the-banias-massacre-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>syria</category><category>war-crimes</category><category>massacre</category><category>genocide</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>ethnic-cleansing</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>bashar</category><category>syrian-observatory-for-human-rights</category><category>sohr</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:11:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective73C0372E-58AC-9BB0-3798-4843E821022D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective73C0372E-58AC-9BB0-3798-4843E821022D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Banias Massacre&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective66522153-59E6-0A80-F372-43A4581D759C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective66522153-59E6-0A80-F372-43A4581D759C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The Banias Massacre&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - US has seen Syria chemical weapons evidence, says Obama</title>
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President Barack Obama has said the US has seen evidence of chemical weapons being used in Syria.
However, speaking after meeting Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he insisted it was important to get more specific details about alleged chemical attacks.
Earlier, residents of a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></source><link>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304815-bbc-news-us-has-seen-syria-chemical-weapons-evidence-says-obama</link><guid>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18304815-bbc-news-us-has-seen-syria-chemical-weapons-evidence-says-obama</guid><category>syria</category><category>war-criminal</category><category>world-news</category><category>evidence</category><category>assad</category><category>chemical-weapons</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>un-inspection-team-denied-access</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:02:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby305315527EC4871A-B498-BA4E-37B9-0100434AEFC2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby305315527EC4871A-B498-BA4E-37B9-0100434AEFC2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>When to Talk to Monsters - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[Interesting article that ﻿notes that we boxed ourselves in early by declaring that there was no option other than removal of Asad.&nbsp; That has prevented even discussing a comprehensive diplomatic solution.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[randomreturn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[randomreturn]]></source><link>http://randomreturn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302308-when-to-talk-to-monsters-nytimescom</link><guid>http://randomreturn.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/16/18302308-when-to-talk-to-monsters-nytimescom</guid><category>russia</category><category>syria</category><category>sunni</category><category>obama</category><category>putin</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>assad</category><category>shia</category><category>asad</category><category>free-syrian-army</category><category>al-nusrah</category><category>czar-putin</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:13:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=randomreturn013EA29F-2F9D-95A1-58FB-8152E803FF42.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=randomreturn013EA29F-2F9D-95A1-58FB-8152E803FF42.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Obama grants Assad more time. Will try negotiation. Activist react with disappointment.</title>
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President Obama spoke today about a negotiated settlement regarding Syria. Make it clear Mr. President that Bashar al Assad must step down first. He must immediately leave the country, where, no one cares,so long as he does not stay in Syria. What makes President Obama think he &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></source><link>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18232654-obama-grants-assad-more-time-will-try-negotiation-activist-react-with-disappointment</link><guid>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/13/18232654-obama-grants-assad-more-time-will-try-negotiation-activist-react-with-disappointment</guid><category>syria</category><category>obama</category><category>war-criminal</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>negotiate</category><category>manipulator</category><category>more-time</category><category>more-death</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:55:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby305315529A817A91-911D-933C-378A-EDC31A9AA3FD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="177" width="285" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby305315529A817A91-911D-933C-378A-EDC31A9AA3FD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Turkey blames Syria for deadly twin blasts; Damascus rejects 'false accusations' - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Syrian information minister says Turkey itself indirectly  responsible for bombings that killed more than 40 and wounded some 100;  Turkish FM says attack had nothing to do with refugees, everything to do  with Assad regime.
Turkish Foreign Minister AhmetDavutoglu said on Sund&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></source><link>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18206301-turkey-blames-syria-for-deadly-twin-blasts-damascus-rejects-false-accusations-middle-east-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</link><guid>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/12/18206301-turkey-blames-syria-for-deadly-twin-blasts-damascus-rejects-false-accusations-middle-east-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</guid><category>us</category><category>turkey</category><category>russia</category><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>syria</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>terror-attack</category><category>erdogan</category><pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 09:21:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb89ED04FB70-BCBB-704C-A460-BC3D6A12097E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb89ED04FB70-BCBB-704C-A460-BC3D6A12097E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stand Up For Human Rights! Stand With The Syrian People! Stand Against Tyrants!</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you support the Syrian People, a free Syria, the mainstream Syrian opposition, and you think we should being doing more to end the crises in Syria please consider joining our Nation FREE SYRIA.  ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18193466-stand-up-for-human-rights-stand-with-the-syrian-people-stand-against-tyrants</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18193466-stand-up-for-human-rights-stand-with-the-syrian-people-stand-against-tyrants</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>genocide</category><category>rebels</category><category>activism</category><category>assad</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>bashar</category><category>al-assad</category><category>free-syria</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 14:23:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective68F9F142-08E8-1B5D-47D5-605E0B715F56.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective68F9F142-08E8-1B5D-47D5-605E0B715F56.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Stand Up For Human Rights!&lt;br /&gt;
Stand With The Syrian People!&lt;br /&gt;
Stand Against Tyrants!  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Damn It President Obama Stop Playing Games With Moscow And Kissing Up To Vladimir!!!</title>
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Dammit&nbsp; President Obama  stop playing games with Moscow!&nbsp; They are still giving Bashar al-Assad  arms, they are still refusing to stop their support of Bashar al-Assad,  they are still refusing to back any direct action against Bashar  al-Assad and try to stop any such&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18163624-damn-it-president-obama-stop-playing-games-with-moscow-and-kissing-up-to-vladimir</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18163624-damn-it-president-obama-stop-playing-games-with-moscow-and-kissing-up-to-vladimir</guid><category>dictator</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>murder</category><category>genocide</category><category>rape</category><category>torture</category><category>assad</category><category>weapons-of-mass-destruction</category><category>chemical-weapons</category><category>human-rights-abuses</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>thug</category><category>tyrant</category><category>bashar</category><category>al-assad</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 21:04:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveE72FBE72-E2C1-A123-F5E7-3DCD73792483.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveE72FBE72-E2C1-A123-F5E7-3DCD73792483.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Vladimir Putin and President Obama&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Time for Obama to decide</title>
<description><![CDATA[Ian Bremmer essentially say's " Arm the Al Qaida Jihadists" and to hell with the consequnces. If you like tortured logic, this is a greast example of speaking out two sides of the same mouth.
Mr. Bremmer's opines that if we are the radiacals ansd establsih a no fly zone in Syria&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barretts'View]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Barretts'View]]></source><link>http://barrettsview.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18153200-time-for-obama-to-decide</link><guid>http://barrettsview.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/09/18153200-time-for-obama-to-decide</guid><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 21:05:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=barrettsview7F725AD1-868C-D955-8D28-520B71381CFF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=barrettsview7F725AD1-868C-D955-8D28-520B71381CFF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syria, and Pro-Government Hackers, Are Back on the Internet - NYTimes.com (With Further Information And My Commentary At The End)</title>
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Syrian Internet and cellphone access resumed Wednesday morning after an Internet failure pulled the company offline Tuesday.
The likely culprit, technologists say, was the Syrian government. But the Syrian government said the failure was because of a technical problem.
Bakr B&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18133950-syria-and-pro-government-hackers-are-back-on-the-internet-nytimescom-with-further-information-and-my-commentary-at-the-end</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/08/18133950-syria-and-pro-government-hackers-are-back-on-the-internet-nytimescom-with-further-information-and-my-commentary-at-the-end</guid><category>human-rights</category><category>internet</category><category>syria</category><category>free-speech</category><category>government</category><category>new-york-times</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>cellular-phones</category><category>sana</category><category>isp</category><category>phone-service</category><category>bashar</category><category>opendns</category><category>hacktivist</category><category>internet-outage</category><category>free-syria</category><category>syrian-electronic-army</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 May 2013 02:46:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective0395748B-DDE5-3553-E620-969C21636E49.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspective0395748B-DDE5-3553-E620-969C21636E49.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>U.N. has testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas: investigator</title>
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The United Nations independent commission of inquiry on Syria has not yet seen evidence of government forces having used chemical weapons, which are banned under international law, said commission member Carla Del Ponte.
"Our investigators have been in neighboring countries in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jfxgillis]]></source><link>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18072165-un-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator</link><guid>http://jfxgillis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/05/18072165-un-has-testimony-that-syrian-rebels-used-sarin-gas-investigator</guid><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>sarin</category><category>poison-gas</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 May 2013 00:10:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillis3AA7243F-1F22-B0A5-75E7-47A36563488D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jfxgillis3AA7243F-1F22-B0A5-75E7-47A36563488D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Note To Bashar al-Assad: GAME OVER!</title>
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You finally have done it Bashar you have crossed a red line that can not be uncrossed.  There is no peace plan and cease fire that can save you now.  You once and for all will have to face the world and be exposed for the sociopath, sadistic, coward you are.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Curtis Montgomery]]></source><link>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/18005214-note-to-bashar-al-assad-game-over</link><guid>http://progressiveperspective.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/18005214-note-to-bashar-al-assad-game-over</guid><category>dictator</category><category>abuse</category><category>politics</category><category>syria</category><category>murder</category><category>genocide</category><category>rape</category><category>torture</category><category>criminal</category><category>assad</category><category>human-rights-abuses</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>thug</category><category>tyrant</category><category>bashar</category><category>al-assad</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 23:33:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveC83DD29A-5EB9-446B-FF41-EA7ACDDDE05C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=progressiveperspectiveC83DD29A-5EB9-446B-FF41-EA7ACDDDE05C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;GAME OVER BASHAR!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syria: Aerial Attacks Strike Civilians | Human Rights Watch</title>
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Through the on-site investigations and interviews, Human Rights Watch gathered information that indicates government forces  deliberately targeted four bakeries where civilians were waiting in breadlines a total of eight times,  and hit other bakeries with artillery attacks. Re&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></source><link>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17975595-syria-aerial-attacks-strike-civilians-human-rights-watch</link><guid>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/29/17975595-syria-aerial-attacks-strike-civilians-human-rights-watch</guid><category>syria</category><category>war-crimes</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>illegal-bombing</category><category>shelling-of-civilians</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:40:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Poll: Should the US invade Syria?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The Assad regime has finally gone over the cliff and used chemical weapons on its own people.
According to reports, bodies that have been examined have shown signs that the deaths were caused by serin, a major component in chemical weapons. These reports have been confirmed by I&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17957835-poll-should-the-us-invade-syria</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/28/17957835-poll-should-the-us-invade-syria</guid><category>bomb</category><category>dictator</category><category>war</category><category>syria</category><category>civil</category><category>missile</category><category>rebel</category><category>crime</category><category>victim</category><category>chemical</category><category>weapon</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>invade</category><category>serin</category><category>intervene</category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:56:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bashar al Assad the ButtHead of the Month (March)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In March unverified reports emerged that Assad was using chemical weapons against the citizens in Syria. &nbsp;The use of chemical weapons by Assad would cross the "Red Line" according to President Obama and unspecified consequences would result. &nbsp;I decided to wait to see i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[alJizzerror]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[alJizzerror]]></source><link>http://aljizzerror.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17920478-bashar-al-assad-the-butthead-of-the-month-march</link><guid>http://aljizzerror.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17920478-bashar-al-assad-the-butthead-of-the-month-march</guid><category>iran</category><category>syria</category><category>award</category><category>world-news</category><category>wmd</category><category>assad</category><category>chemical-weapons</category><category>brutal-killer</category><category>butthead-of-the-month</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:50:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerrorC80E8D8D-136A-D9AC-7CA3-5D669DEF5459.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="230" width="244" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerrorC80E8D8D-136A-D9AC-7CA3-5D669DEF5459.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="114" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Bashar al Assad&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerror8A6B2CBE-B947-191A-7118-DDD4AB8FE690.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="387" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerror8A6B2CBE-B947-191A-7118-DDD4AB8FE690.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Ouch!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerror538E2001-BF43-8302-1EB1-3FB6AB6ED759.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="312" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerror538E2001-BF43-8302-1EB1-3FB6AB6ED759.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="104" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerrorD4F66F23-04F7-5FD5-70AA-2DAF1DBE7F7A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="262" width="250" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerrorD4F66F23-04F7-5FD5-70AA-2DAF1DBE7F7A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="126" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I will stop the killing if my mustache ever grows in.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerror8A8C6970-B1B6-81DD-D165-1BEC341E77E4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="314" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=aljizzerror8A8C6970-B1B6-81DD-D165-1BEC341E77E4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>White House confirms Assad has used chemical weapons. Has crossed the &quot;redline&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The White House and Defense Secretary have confirmed that chemical weapons, namely sarin gas, has been used in Syria on at least two occasions. Defense Secretary Hagel, speaking at a news conference in the United Arab Emirates(UAE), made the announcement that Intel has confirmed&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></source><link>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17914905-white-house-confirms-assad-has-used-chemical-weapons-has-crossed-the-redline</link><guid>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17914905-white-house-confirms-assad-has-used-chemical-weapons-has-crossed-the-redline</guid><category>war-crimes</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>chemical-weapons</category><category>crimes-against-humanity</category><category>sarin</category><category>game-changer</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:38:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby30531552E7414B3E-59F3-A014-EA1E-E80B4516323A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="193" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby30531552E7414B3E-59F3-A014-EA1E-E80B4516323A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Defense Secretary Hagel Says Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons - ABC News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Does this mean that the USA will, once again, be the World's enforcer?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AmericanMOM-598098]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AmericanMOM-598098]]></source><link>http://tribalgirl64.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17915258-defense-secretary-hagel-says-syria-has-used-chemical-weapons-abc-news</link><guid>http://tribalgirl64.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17915258-defense-secretary-hagel-says-syria-has-used-chemical-weapons-abc-news</guid><category>syria</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>chemical-weapons</category><category>chuck-hagel</category><category>usa-state-dept</category><category>usa-defense-dept</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:46:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tribalgirl646FAFB310-86F2-D828-180F-E6659216A792.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=tribalgirl646FAFB310-86F2-D828-180F-E6659216A792.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chuck Hagel: U.S. believes Assad regime used chemical weapons in Syria  - Middle East - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Only a day after saying he didn't have U.S. intel on Syria's  chemical weapons use, the U.S. defense secretary tells reporters the  White House believes 'with some degree of varying confidence' Assad used  sarin gas on rebels.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday sai&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[IDFeb89]]></source><link>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17914980-chuck-hagel-us-believes-assad-regime-used-chemical-weapons-in-syria-middle-east-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</link><guid>http://idfeb89.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/25/17914980-chuck-hagel-us-believes-assad-regime-used-chemical-weapons-in-syria-middle-east-israel-news-haaretz-daily-newspaper</guid><category>israel</category><category>middle-east</category><category>white-house</category><category>syria</category><category>u-s</category><category>obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>hagel</category><category>netanyahu</category><category>idf</category><category>iaf</category><category>fsa</category><category>syrian-army</category><category>syrian-rebels</category><category>sarin-gas-chemical-weapons</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:11:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb894BFB4941-7A8B-B93F-7429-565F86BD5ACF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=IDFeb894BFB4941-7A8B-B93F-7429-565F86BD5ACF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Syrian Electronic Army's AP Hack Just The Latest Phishing Attack On A Major News Organization</title>
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A hacker group calling itself the Syrian Electronic Army took credit for hacking the Twitter account of the Associated Press Tuesday and sending out a fake tweet about an explosion at the White House that injured President Obama. The tweet, which was re-tweeted thousands of tim&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bobby3053155]]></source><link>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17885327-syrian-electronic-armys-ap-hack-just-the-latest-phishing-attack-on-a-major-news-organization</link><guid>http://bobby30531552.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/23/17885327-syrian-electronic-armys-ap-hack-just-the-latest-phishing-attack-on-a-major-news-organization</guid><category>syria</category><category>us-news</category><category>assad</category><category>twitter-hacked</category><category>syrian-electronic-army</category><category>ap-and-white-house-tardeted</category><category>ap-and-white-house-targeted</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:21:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby30531552A7A5A5A7-B427-14A9-E3E6-C3B25499053D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=bobby30531552A7A5A5A7-B427-14A9-E3E6-C3B25499053D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>No-fly zones are complex and dangerous - The Washington Post</title>
<description><![CDATA[full article clipped #exception for for this important message:
No-fly zones are complex and dangerous&nbsp;

Published: April&nbsp;10]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></source><link>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17709669-no-fly-zones-are-complex-and-dangerous-the-washington-post</link><guid>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17709669-no-fly-zones-are-complex-and-dangerous-the-washington-post</guid><category>dictator</category><category>child</category><category>dead</category><category>killing</category><category>world-news</category><category>liar</category><category>mass</category><category>atrocities</category><category>assad</category><category>bashar</category><category>systematic</category><category>82k</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:39:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Aid group pleads with UN to help Syria's children | JPost | Israel News</title>
<description><![CDATA[clip from article: "From the very beginning of the crisis in Syria, children have been its forgotten victims - facing death, trauma and suffering, and deprived of basic humanitarian aid," Save the Children said in a report presented to the 15-nation council on Monday."Children ar&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></source><link>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673878-aid-group-pleads-with-un-to-help-syrias-children-jpost-israel-news</link><guid>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/09/17673878-aid-group-pleads-with-un-to-help-syrias-children-jpost-israel-news</guid><category>state</category><category>women</category><category>youth</category><category>disabled</category><category>human</category><category>children</category><category>elderly</category><category>international</category><category>united</category><category>court</category><category>syria</category><category>rights</category><category>murder</category><category>genocide</category><category>rape</category><category>obama</category><category>torture</category><category>against</category><category>nations</category><category>men</category><category>world-news</category><category>department</category><category>crimes</category><category>criminal</category><category>mass</category><category>atrocities</category><category>assad</category><category>humanity</category><category>humanrights</category><category>barack</category><category>bashar</category><category>systematic</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Apr 2013 18:47:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wendywyattDB34CF58-0A22-F443-B41C-84B4EEBF23A5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="223" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wendywyattDB34CF58-0A22-F443-B41C-84B4EEBF23A5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Children among dead in 'Aleppo airstrike' - Middle East - Al Jazeera English</title>
<description><![CDATA[CLIP FROM ARTICLE:  Syrian government airstrike on a heavily contested  neighbourhood in the northern city of Aleppo has killed at least 15  people, including nine children, activists have said.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the air raid hit Aleppo's S&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></source><link>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17644393-children-among-dead-in-aleppo-airstrike-middle-east-al-jazeera-english</link><guid>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/07/17644393-children-among-dead-in-aleppo-airstrike-middle-east-al-jazeera-english</guid><category>death</category><category>women</category><category>bombs</category><category>youth</category><category>disabled</category><category>human</category><category>children</category><category>elderly</category><category>international</category><category>court</category><category>syria</category><category>rights</category><category>law</category><category>genocide</category><category>rape</category><category>torture</category><category>against</category><category>men</category><category>world-news</category><category>crimes</category><category>civilians</category><category>criminal</category><category>mass</category><category>snipers</category><category>protect</category><category>atrocities</category><category>assad</category><category>humanity</category><category>bashar</category><category>responsiblity</category><category>systematic</category><category>childvictims</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Apr 2013 22:28:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wendywyattB1651DB4-60A5-784A-1ABA-38363D8E0B4B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="198" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=wendywyattB1651DB4-60A5-784A-1ABA-38363D8E0B4B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Images of war: A child wanders amid the rubble and dust of a town he called home that now looks like the film set of an apocalyptic future  |</title>
<description><![CDATA[Standing amid the ruins, a child gazes at the devastation war has brought to his home in Syria.
Once&nbsp;Deir al-Zor&nbsp;was a busy town in the eastern part of the country, with a growing tourist industry, but when rebels&nbsp;moved in, it became a target for tyrant President &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17631906-images-of-war-a-child-wanders-amid-the-rubble-and-dust-of-a-town-he-called-home-that-now-looks-like-the-film-set-of-an-apocalyptic-future</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17631906-images-of-war-a-child-wanders-amid-the-rubble-and-dust-of-a-town-he-called-home-that-now-looks-like-the-film-set-of-an-apocalyptic-future</guid><category>war</category><category>syria</category><category>rebels</category><category>torture</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>tyrants</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 19:11:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A28E8D80-2243-FFF3-5088-22103B6EE638.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=onesearch4-2A28E8D80-2243-FFF3-5088-22103B6EE638.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>BBC News - Syria conflict: from peaceful protest to civil war</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Two years ago, no-one thought that Syrian citizens would take to the street, shouting out loud calling for freedom and change.
The heavy sense of dictatorship and memories of the 1980s made Syrians think the wave of change in the region would never come to their country.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[okiegirl-778011]]></source><link>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589440-bbc-news-syria-conflict-from-peaceful-protest-to-civil-war</link><guid>http://cantstandthesound.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17589440-bbc-news-syria-conflict-from-peaceful-protest-to-civil-war</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>syria</category><category>rebellion</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>how-syrian-revolution-started</category><category>history-of-syrian-revolution</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Apr 2013 22:07:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound7BD38EEA-6E96-BE5B-7848-3B935D774313.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cantstandthesound7BD38EEA-6E96-BE5B-7848-3B935D774313.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> 1 &quot; Assad Regime Has Targeted [Christian ] Churches in the Deir Ezzor Region.&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[clip from article:
videos allegedly showing damage to churches in the region as a result  of air raids carried out by Assad regime forces. One Deir Ezzor  activist, speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity,  claimed that &ldquo;regime war planes bombed two Syria&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[WendyRuthWyatt]]></source><link>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17504624-1-assad-regime-has-targeted-christian-churches-in-the-deir-ezzor-region</link><guid>http://wendywyatt.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/28/17504624-1-assad-regime-has-targeted-christian-churches-in-the-deir-ezzor-region</guid><category>dictator</category><category>child</category><category>dead</category><category>killing</category><category>world-news</category><category>liar</category><category>mass</category><category>atrocities</category><category>assad</category><category>bashar</category><category>systematic</category><category>75k</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:10:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama weighs foreign diplomacy, public sentiment as Syian war escalates</title>
<description><![CDATA[
&nbsp;
The citizens of the United States, while arguably apolitically divided nation as to the policy of the Obama administration stand inmajority agreement as to foreign war. They no longer wish to participate in thepolicing of the world at the expense of all Americans.
Tragic &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raymond Max]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Raymond Max]]></source><link>http://prm-1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17481616-obama-weighs-foreign-diplomacy-public-sentiment-as-syian-war-escalates</link><guid>http://prm-1.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17481616-obama-weighs-foreign-diplomacy-public-sentiment-as-syian-war-escalates</guid><category>barack-obama</category><category>world-news</category><category>assad</category><category>united-states-military</category><category>united-states-politics</category><category>syria-civil-war</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:06:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=prm-1CAC70B02-0EE9-1C25-CF53-4771AF7DA66D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="141" width="210" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=prm-1CAC70B02-0EE9-1C25-CF53-4771AF7DA66D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Syria conflict escalates to civi war with support of U.S.,  Russia, Iran and others.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>