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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 12, 2014, file photo, Kim Kardashian attends The Kardashian Family Celebrates the Grand Opening of DASH Miami Beach, in Miami Beach, Fla. Kim Kardashian has waded into the unlikely waters of Syria's civil war, calling on her supporters to save the ancient Armenian village of Kassab, whose residents fled as rebels seized control of the hamlet in late March, seemingly comparing their flight to the Armenian genocide of the early twentieth century. Her tweet prompted an onslaught of gory images of beheaded men, slain bodies and smashed churches that social media followers incorrectly attributed to the Kassab battle. In doing so, the world's most famous woman of Armenian descent, underscored how Syria's war, more than any other in history, has been waged on the internet. (Photo by Omar Vega/Invision/AP, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, television personality Kim Kardashian poses for photographers at the red carpet during the 40th anniversary of Cosmopolitan magazine in Spanish in Mexico City. Kim Kardashian has waded into the unlikely waters of Syria's civil war, calling on her supporters to save the ancient Armenian village of Kassab, whose residents fled as rebels seized control of the hamlet in late March, seemingly comparing their flight to the Armenian genocide of the early twentieth century. Her tweet prompted an onslaught of gory images of beheaded men, slain bodies and smashed churches that social media followers incorrectly attributed to the Kassab battle. In doing so, the world's most famous woman of Armenian descent, underscored how Syria's war, more than any other in history, has been waged on the internet. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
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In this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, a convoy carrying the coffin of the commander of the pro-government National Defense Forces Hilal Assad, during his funeral in Latakia province, Syria. State TV reported late Sunday that Hilal Assad was killed in the fighting against opposition fighters in Kassab. The commander was a member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's family but the TV did not say if they were close relatives. (AP Photo/SANA)
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In this Monday, March 24, 2014 photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian soldiers carry the coffin of the commander of the pro-government National Defense Forces Hilal Assad, during his funeral at a hospital in Latakia province, Syria. State TV reported late Sunday that Hilal Assad was killed in the fighting against opposition fighters in Kassab. The commander was a member of Syrian President Bashar Assad's family but the TV did not say if they were close relatives. (AP Photo/SANA)
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This Sunday, March 23, 2014 image taken from video obtained by the anti-government activist group Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian fighters holding their weapons as they gesture after seizing the predominantly Armenian Christian town of Kassab, Syria. The rebels, including militants from the al-Qaida-affiliated Nusra Front, have also wrested control of a nearby border crossing to Turkey (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)
