Syria: Beyond The Wall Of Fear, A State In Slow-Motion Collapse -- The Guardian
Despite the superficial calm in Damascus, everyone knows change is coming. The only question is, how much will it cost?
Sipping tea in a smoky Damascus café, Adnan and his wife, Rima, look ordinary enough: an unobtrusive, thirtysomething couple winding down at the end of the working day in one of the tensest cities in the world.
But like much else in the Syrian capital, they are not what they first seem: in normal times, he is a software engineer and she is a lawyer; now, they are underground activists helping organise the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad.
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More News On Syria's Civil War
Syria: Arab League split over sending troops -- The Guardian
Arab League to mull intervention in Syria -- UPI
Syria: growing Arab calls for military intervention as Assad announces amnesty -- The Telegraph
Syria toll rises to 25; monitors cheered in besieged town -- CNN
Deaths, detentions mount in Syria, activists say -- CNN
Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors -- Reuters
Assad's political, military foes step up pressure -- Vancouver Sun/AFP
Syrians granted amnesty for uprising crimes -- Sydney Morning Herald
Assad 'gives amnesty for uprising crimes' -- BBC
As Syria Offers Amnesty, U.N. Urges End to Killing -- New York Times
Syria's President Assad grants amnesty for crimes committed during unrest -- FOX News/AP
In fog of Syria, observers can't tell what they are seeing -- L.A. Times
UN chief demands Security Council action on Syria -- AFP
U.N. Chief Criticizes Syria
Twelve more killed in Syria despite Arab monitors -- Reuters
Assad's political, military foes step up pressure -- Vancouver Sun/AFP
Syrians granted amnesty for uprising crimes -- Sydney Morning Herald
Assad 'gives amnesty for uprising crimes' -- BBC
As Syria Offers Amnesty, U.N. Urges End to Killing -- New York Times
Syria's President Assad grants amnesty for crimes committed during unrest -- FOX News/AP
In fog of Syria, observers can't tell what they are seeing -- L.A. Times
UN chief demands Security Council action on Syria -- AFP
U.N. Chief Criticizes Syria -- Wall Street Journal
Syrian MP flees for safety after condemning President al-Assad -- Daily Mail
Another Syrian official reportedly joins opposition against Assad -- L.A. Times
Syrian legislator defects to protest crackdown -- USA Today/AP
Syrians feel pain as sanctions bite -- Financial Times
Fear of Civil War Mounts in Syria as Crisis Deepens -- New York Times
Syrian echoes of Saddam -- The Telegraph editorial
Darkness Brings Fear to Syrian Town -- Elizabeth Arrott, Voice of America
Assad's political, military foes step up pressure -- Vancouver Sun/AFP
Syrians granted amnesty for uprising crimes -- Sydney Morning Herald
Assad 'gives amnesty for uprising crimes' -- BBC
As Syria Offers Amnesty, U.N. Urges End to Killing -- New York Times
Syria's President Assad grants amnesty for crimes committed during unrest -- FOX News/AP
In fog of Syria, observers can't tell what they are seeing -- L.A. Times
UN chief demands Security Council action on Syria -- AFP
U.N. Chief Criticizes Syria -- Wall Street Journal
Syrian MP flees for safety after condemning President al-Assad -- Daily Mail
Another Syrian official reportedly joins opposition against Assad -- L.A. Times
Syrian legislator defects to protest crackdown -- USA Today/AP
Syrians feel pain as sanctions bite -- Financial Times
Fear of Civil War Mounts in Syria as Crisis Deepens -- New York Times
Syrian echoes of Saddam -- The Telegraph editorial
Darkness Brings Fear to Syrian Town -- Elizabeth Arrott, Voice of America