Tuesday
May012012
Syria (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Idlib Explosions Raise the Stakes
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Monday's Syria, Bahrain (and Beyond) Live Coverage: Enter the Observers
1545 GMT: Palestine. Al-Monitor claims, from Palestinian institutions monitoring Israeli prisons, that 15 Palestinian detainees have now been on hunger strike for at least 25 days, with one now on the 63rd day of a fast.
The article asserts that there are now almost 2000 prisoners on hunger strike.
1545 GMT: Syria. Another video of the funeral today in Idlib Province for victims of this morning's regime shelling and mortar fire: