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How teens started Syria's uprising 1 year ago
March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012
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(CBS News) AMMAN, Jordan - It has now been a year since Syrians rose up against the Assad dictatorship. On Friday -- the Muslim holy day -- the streets were filled once again with protesters, demanding that Bashar al-Assad go. The U.N. says 8,000 civilians have been killed in Assad's brutal crackdown on dissent.
The freedom movement in Syria started last year as revolutions swept through Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward explains that the Syrian uprising began with a few teenagers and caught up with one of them in Jordan.
When 15-year-old Mohammed and a group
The freedom movement in Syria started last year as revolutions swept through Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. CBS News correspondent Clarissa Ward explains that the Syrian uprising began with a few teenagers and caught up with one of them in Jordan.
When 15-year-old Mohammed and a group
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