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newsflick: As the Syria crisis spirals, the last remaining international support for President Assad appears to be melting away. Exactly how bad have things got? The United Nations reports over 8,700 deaths by the end of February in the updated infographic above - available from Reliefweb - which covers deaths by region. (Via the Guardian DataBlog)

newsflick:

As the Syria crisis spirals, the last remaining international support for President Assad appears to be melting away.

Exactly how bad have things got? The United Nations reports over 8,700 deaths by the end of February in the updated infographic above - available from Reliefweb - which covers deaths by region. (Via the Guardian DataBlog)

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Video: What the massive mortars hitting Syrian rebels look like

The largest mortars used by the U.S. military are 160mm. The bad boys shown in this video of a torn-apart building in Homs are a much-larger 240mm (according to Human Rights Watch), and can be fired from as far as 20 kilometers away. Where did they get these heavy mortar rounds from? Most likely Russia, which produces the ”Tulip” weapons system that fires weapons of this nature. (The towed M240 might also be used in these attacks.) So, to put it simply, Syria is lobbing giant weapons in its fight against the rebel movement. source
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