A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...
Syria's southern rebels loom large as the country's new rulers try to form a national army
Armed factions who led the final charge on Damascus that toppled Assad are hesitating to take part in a new system led by ...
It was once the capital of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance.’ Now a Syrian town grapples with its future
The Syrian shrine of Sayeda Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...
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Christians protest in Syrian capital after burning of Christmas tree
The protesters in the capital marched towards churches ... When Islamist rebels swept through Syria’s second largest city in an operation that would eventually culminate in the ouster of the ...
'The only word was welcome': Syrian Americans triumphantly return to native land
Crossing the border from Jordan on Dec. 29, one North Jersey man had tears in his eyes. “I hugged the first Syrian person I ...
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In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Freedoms Off Limits Under al-Assad
Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once-forbidden mountaintop and trading openly in dollars and imported Nescafe. They say the city seems theirs again. Mount Qasioun, which ...
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Syria's minority Christians protest in Damascus after Christmas tree set afire
Dec. 24 (UPI) --Protests in Christian neighborhoods of Syria's capital city erupted after a Christmas tree was set ablaze weeks after the downfall of the nation's longtime dictatorship ...
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Iran to Move Capital to Southern Coast
The move echoes both Egypt, which is in the process of building a new capital city, and the lightning fall of Damascus in ...
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Christians protest in Syrian capital after burning of Christmas tree
The protesters in the capital marched towards churches to demand better ... When Islamist rebels swept through Syria’s second largest city in an operation that would eventually culminate in the ouster ...