A supersized ‘newspaper’ has been unveiled in Damascus, spanning the corner of a hotel in the Syrian capital.
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Spicer says Hitler “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons”
White House spokesman Sean Spicer tells reporters, “You had someone as despicable as Hitler who didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons.” Continue reading
German court hears Syrian’s ‘selfie with Merkel’ case against Facebook
A German court holds its first hearing in the case of a Syrian refugee who is suing Facebook after the social networking site declined to remove posts linking him to crimes and militant attacks.
TIMELINE-The battle for Aleppo
Syrian government forces control the major Syrian city of Aleppo for the first time since losing parts of the city in 2012. Continue reading
Drone video of destruction of Aleppo’s Old City
Syrian army releases video of the destruction in the Old City of Aleppo filmed by drone.
“Severely malnourished” children in besieged Madaya eating grass to survive, U.N. says
Severely malnourished children in Madaya are eating grass and leaves to survive, the U.N. says after aid convoy reaches the besieged Syrian town for first time in months.
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Wars improve air quality in the Middle East
MAINZ, GERMANY, CAIRO, EGYPT, ATHENS, GREECE, ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ, ALEPPO, SYRIA
(REUTERS, SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE) – Amid the increase in death, displacement and overall chaos in the Middle East over the past five years, Professor Jos Lelieveld of the Max-Planck Institute, says he has spotted one area where statistics indicate a decrease. He says, air pollution has declined significantly.
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Yarmouk in ruins
SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE, (REUTERS) – Broken and barren streets in the Yarmouk refugee camp just outside Damascus.
Amateur video, which can not be independently verified by Reuters, appears to show empty streets of the largely Palestinian enclave.
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Sec State Kerry on Syria’s Assad: “We have to negotiate”
(NVO) – The United States will have to negotiate with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a political transition in Syria and is exploring ways to pressure him into agreeing to talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS News in an interview.
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