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Middle East
3:33 am
Fri April 20, 2012
Video Asks Asma Assad To Help Stop Syrian Conflict
By editor
Originally published on Fri April 20, 2012 3:46 am
Earlier this week, two women took a new approach to raising awareness about Syria's crackdown. The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations appealed directly to Syria's first lady with a video on YouTube. The narrator calls on Asma Assad to "stop being a bystander" — and to stop her husband and his supporters from continuing the conflict.