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This Week in War. A Friday round-up of what happened and what’s been written in the world of war and military/security affairs this week. It’s a mix of news reports, policy briefs, blog posts and longform journalism. Subscribe here to receive this round-up by email.

• March was the deadliest month in the Syrian war. 
• Lauren Wolfe of Women Under Siege reports in great deal the massive rape crisis facing women in Syria.
• A new report from King’s College says that the Syrian conflict has drawn in hundreds of Europeans to fight.
• The Free Syrian Army’s female fighters.
• The Syrian conflict has stirred up a “fuel war” of sorts in Lebanon. 
• Matthieu Aikins reports that Aleppo’s Kurds appear to have switched sides to support the rebels.
• Palestinians protest and inmates go on hunger strike after the death of inmate Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh, whom they say received inadequate medical care. 
• Two Palestinian teenagers were shot and killed by Israeli forces yesterday during clashes in the West Bank city of Tulkarm.
• The “inner syntax of Palestinian stone-throwing.”
• Popular Egyptian satirist and television personality Bassem Youssef is facing accusations of insulting Islam and President Morsy.
• In a sign that Iran and Egypt are working to restore ties, the first commercial flight from Cairo to Tehran in 34 years took off on Saturday.
• Adnan Pachachi, a veteran of the Iraqi political system, writes about “the road to failure in Iraq” for the New York Times At War Blog.
• Eleven candidates have been killed so far in the lead-up to Iraqi provincial elections. 
• Iran is slowing and limiting its nuclear activity ahead of its looming election.
• A suicide attack in Farah province, Afghanistan, on Wednesday is the deadliest attack in the country for civilians in over a year, killing 44 and wounding 100.
• Afghanistan filed a formal protest amidst growing worries about Pakistan’s “unilateral construction and physical reinforcement activities” on the border of Ningarhar province. 
• Frontline reports on the recruitment activities of Pakistani terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. 
• Seven people were killed when militants raided an electricity plant in Peshawar, Pakistan.
• China released a Tibetan political prisoner after 17 years. 
• North Korea will restart its nuclear reactor.
• The US will deploy a missile defense system to Guam as a response to North Korean threats. 
• In March, Ieng Sary, one of the last living leaders from the Khmer Rouge, died of a heart attack. He also died “not guilty,” despite being on trial twice for genocide. He died while the most recent trial was still underway.
• This Easter season marked fifteen years since the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland. Colum McCann writes beautifully about the miracle and process of peace for the New York Times. 
• Militancy remains a cause for concern as Northern Ireland prepares to host the G8 summit.
• More than 200 people were arrested over the union flag protests. 
• Leaders from Serbia and Kosovo are returning home with no accord after meeting in Brussels for EU-mediated negotiations over how to address ethnic Serbs living in Northern Kosovo.
• The hunger strike in Guantanamo Bay is expanding, now 39 of the 166 prisoners have met the minimum standards for definition of hunger striker. 
• Attacks against the Argentinian press increased dramatically over the past year. 
• The woman behind Blog Del Narco, the anonymous blog that graphically chronicles the drug war in Mexico, spoke for the first time to The Guardian and The Texas Observer. 
• The UN passed the first international arms trade regulation treaty with an overwhelming majority. 
• Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has called for a major structural shake-up in the Pentagon, ordering a top to bottom review, likening it to the last major reorganization in 1986.

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Photo: Hebron, West Bank. Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security. Ammar Awad/Reuters

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