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| No Deaths Recorded as Snowstorm Halts Syria Fighting | |
| 2015-01-09 | |
| [AnNahar]. No deaths recorded as snowstorm halts Syria fighting A group monitoring Syria's war said Thursday that it had recorded no deaths in the conflict for the first time in three years as a rare snowstorm forced a halt to fighting. "We did not document any new killings on Wednesday," Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told Agence La Belle France Presse. "While humanitarian needs soared, the snowstorm protected Syrians from battles, gunfire, shelling, rocket fire and air strikes," he said. Other activist networks also reported no deaths on Wednesday. The storm hit Syria and other parts of the Middle East on Wednesday, leaving much of the country including Damascus blanketed in snow and causing fuel and electricity shortages. Fighting and shelling resumed on Thursday as the weather improved, said the Observatory, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria to monitor the conflict.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #4 Send in the Alaska brigade! |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-01-09 11:38 |
| #3 Kudos TW. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-01-09 04:12 |
| #2 In other news: Global warming brings a temporary peace to Damascus and Chicago. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-01-09 03:01 |
| #1 Washington found snowstorms a good time to attack the Hessens. Just saying... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2015-01-09 01:14 |