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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Analysis: Who's backing who as Syria's civil war threatens to spread - World News

Analysis: Who's backing who as Syria's civil war threatens to spread
Slideshow: Syria uprising

By Mandy Clark and Paul Nassar, NBC News

News analysis

Syria’s two-year civil war has claimed more than 100,000 lives and sent at least 1.7 million refugees spilling across its borders.

It has already affected neighboring countries, and now threatens to drag in the United States.

What began as a popular movement, demanding the removal of autocratic President Bashar Assad, has become an increasingly sectarian conflict.

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