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 Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub ...
International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor meets with Syrian leader in Damascus
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan has made an unannounced visit to Damascus, meeting with the ...
Scrawled on walls of Assad’s prisons, graffiti express fears, loves of tormented Syrians
Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on ...
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Long silenced by fear, Syrians now speak about rampant torture under Assad
Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him ...
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‘Thank God, the nightmare is over’: A Syrian returns home to Damascus to witness celebration and struggle
Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, left Syria with his family in 2006. He recently returned ...
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Lebanon working to ‘resolve’ Syria’s new entry restrictions
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s interior minister said on Friday that Beirut was working to find a solution with Syria, after two security officials said Damascus ... the previous night, only allowing in ...
Thirty Years Of Arabian Nights In São Paulo
It all started with a small door. This is how Nicole Mercatelli recalls the history of the Arab-inspired bar her parents ...
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Bars reopen in Damaskus despite Islamist takeover
12/31/2024 December 31, 2024 Regime collapse in Syria and a takeover by an Islamist group have not put a stop to the drinking culture and bars of Damascus. Despite fears that the future could see ...
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Damascus bars dare to reopen after fall of Assad
12/31/2024 December 31, 2024 The regime collapse in Syria and a takeover by an Islamist group haven't put a stop to the drinking culture and bars of Damascus. Despite fears the future could see an ...
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Investigators race to secure evidence of atrocities by Syria’s Assad regime
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. War crimes investigators, Syrian civil society and rights groups are scrambling to preserve evidence of the ...