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Wounded Syrian refugees flee dramatic escalation

Assad forces said to batter Daraa, Homs

By Dale Gavlak and Zeina Karam

 |  Associated Press  

  February 18, 2012

Syrian refugees fleeing to Jordan for their lives described a dramatic escalation in violence and a mounting toll of dead and wounded in the southern city of Daraa and the country’s battered central region.

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