Middle East latest: Israeli airstrike targets residential building in Damascus
United Nations-backed experts on Thursday accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s ...
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'Where's the gold?': How the Assads sucked Syria dry
From a Bond villain lair in the rugged heights overlooking Damascus, the all-seeing eye of a notorious ... with shepherds ...
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While Calm Reigns in Damascus, Battles in Syria’s Northeast Rage On
By Alissa J. Rubin Reporting from the Faysh Khabur border crossing between Iraq and Syria In the Syrian capital, Damascus, the country’s new leader has hosted a national unity conference and ...
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After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus
For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the ...
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Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Last week in Jaramana, a suburb of Damascus with a large Druze population ... stood on a rooftop and scanned the hills with binoculars. He spoke by walkie-talkie with a militiaman with an assault ...