Analysis: Soaring Syria Death Toll Brings Intervention No Closer -- Yara Bayoumy and Alistair Lyon, Reuters
(Reuters) - The death toll in Syria now exceeds 60,000, the United Nations says. Another 100,000 may die this year, warns U.N.-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. About 220 were killed on Wednesday alone.
"When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door," goes a song by American musician Paul Simon.
But in Syria those bloody notches show no signs of braking a headlong struggle to the death watched from afar by divided outside powers, most of whose leaders seem convinced that the risks of direct intervention outweigh any possible rewards.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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The real challenge for Pakistan -- I.A Rehman, DAWN
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Getting Latin America Right -- Julia E. Sweig, National Interest
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