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Aid Sought for Alleged Gadhafi Torture Victim

Shweyga Mullah says Libyan leader's daughter-in-law, Aline Skaf, tied her up, poured boiling water on head

Image taken from amateur video shows soldiers move among prone men in civilian clothes, whose hands are apparently tied behind their backs, at a location given as Daraa

Syria: Restraint in the Face of Repression

Protest organizers and policy analysts agree that demonstrators in Syria should maintain the course of non-violent resistance

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi speaks with ambassadors during a session in Tehran, July 10, 2011 (file photo)

Iran: Syria Should Heed Citizens’ Demands

Comments by Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi are first such remarks from Iran since five-month-old uprising began

Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat works in Damascus, Syria, August 14, 2011 (file photo)

Prominent Syrian Cartoonist Attacked, Beaten

Ferzat relative says attackers threatened to break artist's bones as warning for him to stop drawing cartoons of government officials

Smoke rises above downtown Tripoli following fighting at Bab Al-Aziziya compound August 23, 2011

Human Rights Watch Cautions Against Civilian Casualties in Libya

Special adviser to HRW warns against revenge attacks by rebels on pro-Gadhafi forces

Overview of the special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation in Syria in Geneva August 22, 2011.

UN Human Rights Council Condemns Syria

Council overwhelmingly adopts resolution condemning Syria for grave, systematic human-rights violations

Rebel fighters gesture and flash the V-sign in the Gorgi district of Tripoli, Libya, August 23, 2011

US, Human Rights Groups Urge No Retribution in Libya

Officials worry elation in Tripoli could lead to revenge attacks on actual, perceived Gadhafi supporters

August 3 image from mobile video shows smoke rising from a building in the Al Hader area of Hama (third party image; content cannot be independently confirmed by Reuters)

Rights Groups: Syrian Troops Kill 55 People in Raids on Towns

Pres. Assad defends his violent crackdown, saying it is 'national duty' to deal with 'outlaws' who cut off roads and 'terrorize' people

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