Dancing in Damascus: Syrians cling to culture under Islamist rule
STORY: In the heart of Damascus, a concert fills the air with music. It was the kind of scene that Syrian singer, Mahmoud ...
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Experts push to restore Syria’s heritage sites, including renowned Roman ruins at Palmyra
Palmyra, SANA- One of Syria’s six UNESCO World Heritage sites, Palmyra was once a key hub to the ancient Silk Road network ...
Syrian gas attack witnesses coerced into false testimony face new threats at home
In central Damascus, you could be forgiven for doubting that a war had ever occurred. The ancient old city in the Syrian ...
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Syria arrests 3 men suspected of links to 2013 Tadamon massacre
Security forces in Syria said Monday that they arrested three people involved in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013, two years after the country’s 13 ...
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Syria’s new leaders zero in on Assad’s business barons
DAMASCUS – Syria’s new rulers are combing through the billion-dollar corporate empires of ousted president Bashar al-Assad’s allies, and have held talks with some of these tycoons ...
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Syrian president meets chemical weapons agency chief in Damascus
Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa met Saturday in Damascus with a delegation from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), led by director-general Fernando Arias Gonzalez.
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Armed groups in Syria push back against Damascus decision to disband them
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Armed factions in Syria are reacting to a recent decision by the new leadership in Damascus to dissolve all armed groups. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) say they want ...
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Experts push to restore Syria’s war-torn heritage sites, including renowned Roman ruins at Palmyra
Once-thriving landmarks including the ancient city ... family’s rule in Syria were reportedly tortured. The Islamic State group demolished the prison after capturing the town.