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Syria explained: What you need to know

Syria explained: What you need to know

Reading the grim headlines out of Syria, it's easy to forget how we even got to this point. Here's a refresher course to get you up to speed.

CNN exclusive: Inside Syria

Aleppo strafed by shells, fear, misery

World reaction

Ban: Syrian regime 'failed to protect civilians'

Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad: President defined by violence

Assad's regime

Top Syrian officials killed in major blow to al-Assad's regime

Violence

Syria's uprising: From rocks to RPGs

Leaving Syria

Arab League to offer 'safe exit' if Assad resigns

Middle East relations

Syria says it has weapons of mass destruction

Photos

Photos: Showdown in Syria

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Intel community focused on Syria
Intel community focused on Syria
Syria: Showdown looms in Aleppo
Syria: Showdown looms in Aleppo
Syria rebels: We took police station
Syria rebels: We took police station
The changing mission of U.N. in Syria
The changing mission of U.N. in Syria
Syrian rebels show off weapons
Syrian rebels show off weapons
Wolfowitz: Syria is not Iraq
Wolfowitz: Syria is not Iraq
Horrors of life in Syrian siege town
Horrors of life in Syrian siege town
Rastan: Shattered city in Syria
Rastan: Shattered city in Syria
Syria and Romney's foreign policy
Syria and Romney's foreign policy
Who are the rebels in Syria?
Who are the rebels in Syria?
Why is Aleppo important to Syria rebels?
Why is Aleppo important to Syria rebels?

The U.S. and Syria

Panetta kicks off tour to the Middle East

Syria and Russia

Russian views on Syria more nuanced than they may appear

After Assad

U.S. contemplating 'an Assad aftermath'