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The war without restraint has dashed any meaningful talk of reconciliation, for now, and grievances, among both vanquished and victors, remain deep and unaddressed

Dr Brs has been shot three times in war zones

With no real or eligible opponents, Al Assad is braced to sweep the polls

Obama contemplates air strikes against Sunni insurgents as Tehran sends top general to Baghdad

Move to pay rebels' salaries seen as chance to capitalise on sense of renewed confidence

There is widespread agreement among Iraqis that the country British diplomat Gertrude Bell helped shape in 1921 no longer exists

Some Tripoli areas are infested with snipers