Resignation and despair in cradle of Syrian revolt

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* Jordan's Ramtha cemetery reminder of the human cost of Syria war * Deraa's exiles and residents alike despondent, despairing By Suleiman Al-Khalidi RAMTHA, Jordan, March 13 (Reuters) - At a new graveyard in a Jordanian border town near the southern Syrian city of Deraa, burial space is already running out. The "Syrian Martyr's Cemetery" accepts victims from the city across the frontier where Syria's civil war first broke out four years ago, which ** longer has a functioning graveyard of its own since its cemetary has become a battlefield. "When battles rage, I just k**w there are many wounded who will be coming to Jordan and become martyrs," said Abdullah al-Zubi, a 32-year-old ex-farmer and **w a graveyard volunteer. The outside world is growing numb to suffering from Syria's civil war, which has killed hundreds of thousands of people and driven nearly 12 million - half the population - from their homes over the past four years.

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