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How a Massacre of Nearly 300 in Syria Was Revealed

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In this award-winning undercover investigation, war-crime researchers

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& Annsar Shahhoud used a Facebook catfish account to trick Assad intelligence officers into confessing the killing of nearly 300 civilians.

How a Massacre of Nearly 300 in Syria Was Revealed

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For the second time this week, New Lines is proud to announce that

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and Annsar Shahhoud's investigation "How a Massacre of Nearly 300 in Syria Was Revealed" has won another award – this time for

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How a Massacre of Nearly 300 in Syria Was Revealed

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How a Massacre of Nearly 300 in Syria Was Revealed

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While the conflict has been ethnic in nature, there has been an underlying communal element to the violence

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