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Three Brothers On Three Sides Of The War In Syria

DAMASCUS – Now in its sixth year, the war in Syria has torn through the country's cities, sects and social fabric. For families like Um Mahmoud's, Syria's frontlines have even invaded their homes. ...

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Worse Than Prison, The Life Of Syria's Female Ex-Inmates

Women held in Syria's government prisons report psychological abuse, sexual assault and torture. ...

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My Kids, Koran And Badminton Racket, Baggage Of A Syrian Refugee

This is part of a Syria Deeply series "Bags and Belongings," in which we ask refugees what they packed in their bags and what they left behind. Here we meet Mustafa Awad, a Syrian badminton coach ...

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After Aleppo Inferno, Idlib To Become "Purgatory"

For moderate, unarmed rebels, as well as anyone wanted by the government, the rapid and brutal of...

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In Damascus, War And Shame Conquer Love

-Essay- DAMASCUS — Last month, I was in a bar with a friend, and I met a nice guy who, a long time ago, I knew only by name. We exchanged numbers, and after a couple of random meetings I ...

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Trump, Just The President Assad Has Been Waiting For

-Analysis- BEIRUT — On the morning of Nov. 9, as the U.S. presidential votes were being counted, residents of rebel-held eastern Aleppo, which has been under total siege since July, were ...

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In Syrian War, Numbers Can Be Numbing But We Desperately Need Them

Mohamad Katoub, a former doctor who escaped from eastern Ghouta, always felt that Syria's daily t...

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How The U.S. Is Unintentionally Helping Syria's Assad

The United States intervened militarily in Syria under the premise of the "war on terror" and the...