1.0Syria Commenthttps://joshualandis.com/blogJoshuahttps://joshualandis.com/blog/author/syriacomment/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="tQr2e89mmG"><a href="https://joshualandis.com/blog/news-round-up-19-sept-2012/">News Round Up (19 Sept 2012)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://joshualandis.com/blog/news-round-up-19-sept-2012/embed/#?secret=tQr2e89mmG" width="600" height="338" title="“News Round Up (19 Sept 2012)” — Syria Comment" data-secret="tQr2e89mmG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Ghaith Abdul Ahad is superb. This is a must see. Watch The Battle for Syria on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. Syria Orders Schools to Open, but Classes Give Way to War By an EMPLOYEE of THE NEW YORK TIMES in SYRIA and KAREEM FAHIM. DAMASCUS, Syria — At one Syrian school, in the Damascus […]http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/18/rebel_custom-6f7ba637bf97ed17be2e763adae44cc15e9a6194-s4.jpg