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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Attack kills dozens in Syria as talks begin in Vienna
2015-10-31
[Ynet] A barrage of missiles slammed into an overcrowded suburb of the Syrian capital, killing at least 40 people on Friday, activists said, as world powers convened in Vienna for talks on how to resolve the country's conflict.
A reminder that it's the war that matters, not the diplomacy.
The attack in the Damascus suburb of Douma -- the latest on this rebel-held area that has seen hundreds of people killed over the past few years -- was a stark reminder of the enormous civilian suffering inside Syria while negotiations over Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
's future take place abroad.

With 19 foreign ministers attending the meeting in Vienna, including those from regional powerbrokers Iran and Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, there was cautious hope that a small breakthrough would be achieved
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