Syrian civil war enters third year
Hundreds of people gather in front of the Syrian embassy in Amman, Jordan, to mark the second anniversary of the fighting between Syrian opposition forces and forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. (Jamal Nasrallah / EPA / March 15, 2013)
ANTAKYA, Turkey — Large protests marking the two-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising were held across the country Friday as the opposition vowed to continue its fight to topple PresidentBashar Assad. As the fighting entered a third year, there were scant signs of a political solution that some world leaders have been pushing. More than 70,000 people have been killed, many of them women and children, according to the United Nations. Read more lattimes
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