Syrians begin fasting during first Ramadan without Assad family rule in decades
Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of ...
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How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades
(JTA) — Even as tensions between Israel and Syria ramped up in recent days, a small group of Syrian Jews recently celebrated ...
I let chatty Stephen the taxi driver rant about ‘those people’ as if they are not my people
This is not the Ireland I grew up in. It’s gone so far now! They are just letting everyone in,” he says, and I’m not sure if ...
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Syria's long road to recovery: Lessons from a devastated Damascus suburb
Before the fall of his regime in December, Syria's dictator Bashar Al Assad and his wife Asma embarked on victory tours of former rebel areas that had been captured by his forces. None was as brazen ...
Thousands attend funeral for senior Taliban-linked cleric slain in Pakistan's northwest
Thousands of mourners attended a funeral Saturday for a Taliban-linked cleric slain in Pakistan’s northwest. Hamidul Haq, the ...