Syria

The regime is fortifying its headquarters in Damascus. Iraqi intelligence says al Qaeda in Iraq and the Al Nusrah Front are cooperating increasingly in Syria and that the two al Qaeda affiliates are operating from bases along the border between Iraq and Syria. March 2013 was the deadliest month yet in the conflict, with 6,005 deaths. Some 400,000 Syrians have fled to Lebanon since the war started.

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