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Syria’s stand-up comedians, censored under Assad, are now having the last laugh
Laughter fills the Zawaya Art Gallery in downtown Damascus. A packed crowd is chuckling uproariously at Syria’s first ...
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Why is the Lebanon-Syria border tense and is Hezbollah involved?
Lebanese army stepped up security measures along the border, increasing the number of checkpoints, surveillance and patrols ...
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What is happening along the Lebanon-Syria border? Could it expand into a new conflict?
Lebanese army stepped up security measures along the border, increasing the number of checkpoints, surveillance and patrols ...
Putin's refuge for Bashar al-Assad in Moscow hitting Russian efforts to keep forces in Syria, says UK
Vladimir Putin offering refuge to ex-Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad in Moscow is undermining Russia’s talks to keep its forces ...
In Damascus, art re-emerges: 'We feel free and, at the same time, we're still afraid'
Assad's fall enabled the Zawaya Art Gallery to emerge from semi-secrecy. Filmmaker Oussama Mohammed returned from exile for a ...
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Sanctions on Syrian banks choke recovery hopes, investment chief says
Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge interest from Syrian and foreign investors ...