Post-Assad, Damascus is coming back to life. But Syria’s artists fear a new clampdown under Islamist rule
With its chic galleries, dimly lit bars and smoky cafés, Damascus’ vibrant cultural scene is flourishing again. But will this ...
Syrians celebrate a month since Assad's overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus
A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...
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Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs
Revolutionary songs like those by Maasarani and Abdelbasset Sarout, a Syrian singer and activist who died in 2019, played a ...
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FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show A Ancient Text Discovered In Assad’s Home?
A post shared on social media purportedly shows a video of Syrian media report on a 500-year-old scroll in Bashar al-Assad’s house. The Pentagon has recently confirmed that there are 2,000 U.S ...
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Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say
BEIRUT — The wife and daughter of one of deposed Syrian president Bashar Assad ... the arrest of Jamil al-Hassan, the former director of Syrian intelligence under Assad.
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Visiting the market in the old city of Damascus, once inaccessible to many Syrians
Syrians are learning a lot about their country after the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad ... OF RODS CLANGING) AL-SHALCHI: They break into an anti-Assad song using their rods as instruments.
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Visiting the market in the old city of Damascus, once inaccessible to many Syrians
Syrians are learning a lot about their country after the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad ... (SOUNDBITE OF RODS CLANGING) AL-SHALCHI: They break into an anti-Assad song using their rods as ...