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In Damascus, volunteers protect Christian neighborhoods
As the police undergo reorganization and redeployment, volunteers, some of whom are armed, take turns guarding the Christian ...
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Druze militias are suspicious of Syria's new leaders -- and are ready to go to battle
The new leadership vowed to disband all militias. But the fiercely independent Druze have made no agreement, and say they're ...
South Korea establishes diplomatic relations with Syria, a longtime friend of rival North Korea
South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria’s new Islamist government months after longtime leader Bashar ...
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What happened when Syria’s conservative new leaders tried to shut 60 Damascus bars
Kifah Zainie, 34, co-owns and manages Sugar Man, a popular nightspot in Damascus, on March 27. Zainie says he’s uncertain ...
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Has the Damascus leadership begun reconciliation with Syria’s minority groups?
The new leadership in Damascus is exerting efforts to mend fences with Syria’s Druze community, weeks after the latter’s ...
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Kurds in Damascus cautiously hopeful about Aleppo deal
Kurds living in Damascus are feeling both hope and skepticism about an agreement with the Syrian government that will see ...
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Israel carries out airstrikes in Damascus, Homs, Hama as Syria tensions flare
The official SANA news agency reported that an Israeli airstrike hit near a scientific research building in Barzeh, a suburb ...
Exclusive-Kurds to push for federal system in post-Assad Syria
Syrian Kurds are set to demand a federal system in post-Assad Syria that would allow regional autonomy and security forces, a ...