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World must close this sad chapter in Assad’s Syria

By Njoroge Kinuthia

For the past 15 months, there has been a relentless stream of bad news from Syria. Government forces  have been battling rebels who have been fighting to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad from. So far, Amnesty International estimates that over 10,000 civilians have been killed in the conflict. Another human rights organisation, Syria Human Rights Monitor, says some 15,163 people have been killed since the revolt broke out in March 2012.

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