Syria

Security forces killed 13 people while shelling homes and opening fire on anti-government protesters in the town of Harra. Syria sent a detained Al Jazeera reporter to Iran. The UN has suspended most of its operations in Syria.

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

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