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Syrian civil war devastates farming: U.N.

ROME/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's 22-month civil war has ravaged vital infrastructure and halved the output of staple crops, the United Nations said on Wednesday, underscoring the lasting damage from which the country will take years to recover. Full story

Syrian rebels eye Assad's economic lifeline in east

AMMAN (Reuters) - A Syrian rebel offensive that captured border crossings with Turkey and Iraq aims to cut off supplies from the country's main grain and oil-producing region and speed President Bashar al-Assad's downfall, a tribal leader said. Full story

On Syrian border, mixed feelings for rebel "liberators"

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) - From a park on the outskirts of Turkey's Ceylanpinar, Farhad watches with unease as his would-be liberators, guns slung across their backs, roam through his town just over the border in Syria. Full story

Residents flee air strikes on Syria border town

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) - A Syrian warplane struck homes in the town of Ras al-Ain on Tuesday within sight of the Turkish border, pursuing an aerial bombardment to force out rebels and drawing a new warning from Ankara. Full story

"What border?": Syria war reaches Turkey

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) - Aware of the danger but drawn by curiosity, men huddled on a rooftop and gawped as artillery rounds crashed into the earth, yards from the flimsy fence that separates this Turkish border town from Syria. Full story

Syrian helicopters bombard town near Turkish border: witness

CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) - Syrian helicopters bombed the town of Ras al-Ain near the border with Turkey on Monday, a Reuters witness said, days after the town fell to rebels. Full story

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A boy runs as he holds a Kurdish flag in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The U.N. says more than 70,000 people have been killed since Syria's civil war started in March 2011.

Syrians from Ras al-Ain walk at the border line as they are pictured from the Turkish border
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Syrians from Ras al-Ain walk at the border line as they are pictured from the Turkish border

Syrians from Ras al-Ain walk at the border line as they are pictured from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (TURKEYMILITARY - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)

Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol in the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain
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Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol in the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain

Members of the Free Syrian Army patrol in the northern Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, as pictured from the Turkish border town of Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province January 28, 2013. REUTERS/Osman Orsal (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT)