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Signs that Syria is taking a more Islamist direction raise warning signs for liberal and more secular Syrians and for Western ...

The decree marks the first time the interim government has issued guidelines related to what women can wear since Bashar ...

Syria's Islamist-led government has decreed that women should wear burkinis or other swimwear that covers the body at public ...

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Abdulhai, owner of the Dar Halabia Hotel in Aleppo, said he was "very happy and very glad ... Trump also pledged to lift all sanctions against Syria, and this morning met Syrian President Ahmed ...

One evening on a hotel balcony in Antakya, Turkey, I made the mistake of sharing my story idea with a Syrian hotel guest. He seemed friendly enough at the time, but 24 hours later, he was pointing ...

But occasional glimmers of hope appear, like a recent tech conference that brought together hundreds of young Syrians, and a small number of Syrian-Americans, including Omira, at a Sheraton Hotel ...

BEIRUT Two mortar shells hit Syria’s capital Saturday near a hotel where international chemical weapons inspectors and U.N. staff are staying, state media and a hotel guest said. In the north ...