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Ghassan Hitto, the Syrian opposition’s newly elected interim prime minister, speaks during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey. (AP)

Syrian Opposition to Discuss Replacing Hitto as Interim PM–Source

by Adham Saif Al-Din | May 7, 2013 | Middle East

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—A Syrian opposition source claims that the Syrian National Coalition is set to discuss replacing interim prime minister Ghassan Hitto with an alternative consensus figure at a general meeting to be held later this week. The Syrian opposition...

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Abu Hussein (C) interviews residents and fighters in a neighbourhood in the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor on February 19, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/ZAC BAILLIE)

Citizen Journalism in Syria

by Adham Saif Al-Din | Jan 17, 2013 | Media

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—From the onset of the Syrian revolution in March 2011, the al-Assad regime imposed a media blackout in an effort to hinder the reporting of impartial news from the ground. This blackout has paved the way for the emergence of a pro-revolutionary...

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Syrian defector reveals how al-Assad regime “fabricates” news

Syrian defector reveals how Assad regime “fabricates” news

by Adham Saif Al-Din | Jan 4, 2013 | Media

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat – A Syrian regime media defector, who previously worked at the pro-Assad Addounia TV, informed Asharq Al-Awsat how the Assad regime fabricates news, misleads the public and distorts the reputation of the Syrian revolution on Syrian state...