According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, more than 200,000 people have fled Syria due to ongoing civil war.  At least 70 people were killed, 21 on Friday, as Assad's troops bombarded Daraya with artillery, tanks, mortars, rockets and helicopter gunships, pushing back the opposition.

The fear now is that Assad's forces will round up young men and begin more executions, as they search for rebels among the population.  The Syrian army has killed 40 such young men in the last week due to up...
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