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30Jul/17

Damascus unveils giant ‘newspaper’

July 30, 2017InternetCity: Damascus, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Entertainment/Culture, Geography of Asia, Levant, Monzer Nizha, Nadine Al-Habar, Ottoman architecture, Syria, Technology/Internet, Western Asiasmbale

A supersized ‘newspaper’ has been unveiled in Damascus, spanning the corner of a hotel in the Syrian capital.
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11Apr/17

Spicer says Hitler “didn’t even sink to using chemical weapons”

April 11, 2017PicturesAdolf Hitler, Assad, Criticism of religion, Damascus, Donald Trump, Executive branch of the United States government, Federal government of the United States, Hitler, Iraq, Moscow, Politics, Presidency of the United States, Racism, Religion, Russia, Sean Spicer, Spicer, Syria, United States, War/Conflict, Washington, DCsmbale

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 →

06Feb/17

German court hears Syrian’s ‘selfie with Merkel’ case against Facebook

February 6, 2017LegalAnas Modamani, Angela Merkel, Berlin, Brussels Airport, Censorship of Facebook, Chan, City: Berlin, City: Damascus, Company: ThomsonReuters, Computing, Criticism of Facebook, Damascus, Facebook, Germany, Operating systems, Photo sharing, Social information processing, Social Issues, social media, Social Media & Networking, Social networking services, Software, Technology/Internet, World Wide Web, WUERZBURGsmbale

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.

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17Dec/16

TIMELINE-The battle for Aleppo

December 17, 2016WarAleppo, ALEPPO CITY, Aleppo Governorate clashes, Aleppo offensive, army, Bashar al-Assad, Battle of Aleppo, City: Aleppo, Country: Russia, Country: Syria, Damascus, Governorates of Syria, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Levant, Lithuania, Moscow, Politics, president, Russia, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian government, Turkey, VILNIUS, War/Conflictsmbale

Syrian government forces control the major Syrian city of Aleppo for the first time since losing parts of the city in 2012. Continue reading →

08Dec/16

Drone video of destruction of Aleppo’s Old City

December 8, 2016WarAleppo, Aleppo Governorate, Aleppo offensive, Bashar al-Assad, Battle of Aleppo, City: Aleppo, Damascus, Free Syrian Army, Governorates of Syria, In Syria, Levant, Moscow, Politics, Salaheddine District, Syria, Syrian Civil War, War/Conflictsmbale

Syrian army releases video of the destruction in the Old City of Aleppo filmed by drone.

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12Jan/16

“Severely malnourished” children in besieged Madaya eating grass to survive, U.N. says

January 12, 2016WarAdrian Edwards, Articles, Bashar al-Assad, Causes of death, Damascus, Geneva, Jens Laerke, Madaya, Madaya Township, Madaya, Syria, Nutrition, social media, Starvation, Switzerland, Syria, United Nations, Zabadani cease-fire agreementsmbale

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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24Aug/15

Wars improve air quality in the Middle East

August 24, 2015WarAir pollution, Al Anbar Governorate, Aleppo, Anbar, Athens, Baghdad, Cairo, Climate forcing, Damascus, Egypt, Fertile Crescent, Germany, Greece, Husaybah, Iraq, Johannes Lelieveld, Jordan, Jos, Jos Lelieveld, Kabisa, Learned societies, Lebanon, Levieveld, MAINZ, Max Planck, Max Planck Society, Physical sciences, Physicists, Pollution, Syria, Tehransmbale

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(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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06Apr/15

Yarmouk in ruins

April 6, 2015WarAsia, Bashar al-Assad, Battle of Damascus, Battle of Yarmouk Camp, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Fertile Crescent, Israeli border demonstrations, Military history, Palestine refugee camps, Palestinian people, Palestinian refugee, Politics, Politics of Syria, Refugee camp, Social Issues, Syria, Syrian army, Syrian Civil War, Syrian uprising, THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED, War/Conflict, Wars, Yarmouk, Yarmouk Camp, Yarmouk refugee campsmbale

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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15Mar/15

Sec State Kerry on Syria’s Assad: “We have to negotiate”

March 15, 2015WarAl-Assad family, Asia, Assad family, Bashar al-Assad, CBS NEWS INC., Damascus, Geneva, Hafez al-Assad, Iran, Iraq, JOHN KERRY, Politics, Politics of Syria, Presidency of Hafez al-Assad, Russia, Secretary of State, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Syrian opposition, Syrian uprising, United Nations, United States, War/Conflict, Wars, Washington, Western Asiasmbale

(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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