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Homs under fire: who will stop the killing? (part 2)

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As the crackdown in Homs gets even more brutal, François Picard’s panel weighs up the feasibility of a safe haven near the Turkish border and rues the frustrating lack of an immediate solution for stopping the killing.

DEBATE
  • Akil HASHEM, Military advisor, Syrian National Council;
  • Vincent FLOREANI, Deputy spokesperson, French Foreign Ministry;
  • Bahadir KALEAGASI, President, "Institut du Bosphore";
  • Marina OTTAWAY, Director, Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace;
  • Rupert COLVILLE, Spokesperson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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