In today's Brief: US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks out on Syria as UN inspectors head to the site of an alleged chemical attack; the spillover of violence into Lebanon; Israel demolishes more Palestinian homes; further sectarian violence strikes Burma; and the UN rights chief visits Sri Lanka.
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Human Rights Watch Daily Brief, 26 August
Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Burma, Sri Lanka
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