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Agence France-Presse on MSN2d
Damascus club shooting sparks fears of restriction on freedoms
A deadly shooting Monday at a Damascus club, days after another attack on the capital's nightlife, has sparked fears, adding ...
Damascus nightclub raid fuels fears despite official condemnation
A violent armed raid on a Damascus nightclub last week has fuelled fears of a threat to nightlife in the Syrian capital, despite condemnation by the Islamist-led authorities. The new rulers have ...
Worldcrunch on MSN6d
First The Alawites, Now The Druze — Post-Assad Syria Is Doomed If It Can’t Protect Religious Minorities
Just weeks after the massacres targeting the Alawite community, Druze populations are now being attacked by armed groups — ...
Khaleej Times on MSN2d
Socks and satire: Syrians mock ousted Assad dynasty
At Basel Al Sati's souvenir shop in a central Damascus market, socks bearing caricatures that ridicule ousted Syrian leader ...
Syria detains Damascus-based leader of prominent Palestinian faction
Syrian authorities have detained a prominent Damascus-based Palestinian official whose group was close to the government of ...
The Times of Israel on MSN9d
Desecration of 17th-century rabbi’s Damascus tomb tests new Syria’s tolerance
Authorities commit to investigating after unknown perpetrators dig up burial site of Rabbi Chaim Vital amid push by country’s ...
Druze near Damascus resist demand to turn in arms as tensions boil
Druze residents near Syria's capital are resisting a demand by the Islamist-led government to hand in their light weapons, ...
Syria State TV Relaunches, Months After Assad's Ouster
Syrian state television officially relaunched on Monday with a trial broadcast almost five months after the ouster of ...
Newsday4d
Syria detains Damascus-based leader of prominent Palestinian faction
BEIRUT — Syria on Saturday detained a prominent Damascus-based Palestinian official whose group was close to the government of ousted president Bashar Assad. Talal Naji, 79, the leader of the ...