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Boys stand in front of a damaged wall in the rebel held besieged Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria January 17, 2017. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh

Syrian Aid Conference Appeals for $8 Billion in Aid in 2017

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 24, 2017 | Middle East

As the Astana talks between Syrian factions and the government concluded, the United Nations said on Tuesday it will need more than $8 billion in funding this year to provide life-saving assistance to millions of Syrians inside their shattered homeland and to refugees...

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Opinion: Trump’s No 1 Enemy

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 24, 2017 | Opinion

The playwright Bernard Shaw once said “I learned long ago not to engage in a quarrel with the media. It’s like wrestling with a pig. You will get dirty if you win or you lose. I apologise to my colleagues in the profession.” The American President Donald Trump has...

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Virtual Reality on the Cheap? Try These Apps on Your Phone

by Kit Eaton | Jan 24, 2017 | Technology

AT last week’s annual International CES, one of the largest technology conventions, virtual reality goggles were hyped as a way to get a taste of the immersive 3-D technology. Yet many people may be able to sample virtual reality just by using their phones with the...

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CIA Expects Downfall of Syria after Hafez al-Assad

by Mounir al-Manawri | Jan 24, 2017 | World

Washington- CIA interest in the future of Syria began long time ago – the agency analysts expected stability to collapse once the late Syrian president Hafez al-Assad is gone, which turned out to be true. Several reports and analyses were made on Syria, according to...

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Protests in Lebanon Complain of Syrian Labor Competition

Protests in Lebanon Complain of Syrian Labor Competition

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 24, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut – Several protests in different Lebanese areas have taken place against the Syrian competition in the market place. The protests come in the wake of the recent campaign launched by the Lebanese Labor Ministry to organize foreign employment in the country. Not...