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Video Asks Asma Assad To Help Stop Syrian Conflict

Published April 20, 2012 at 4:32 AM MDT

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Earlier this week, two women took a new approach to raising awareness about Syria's crackdown. The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations appealed to Syria's first lady with a video on YouTube.

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