Media ID: 55302162
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Turkish university students, who were protesting the explosions that killed tens of people in Reyhanli near the border with Syria last week, clashed with riot police at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, May 15, 2013.(AP Photo)
by Hannah Lucinda Smith | May 17, 2013 | Features
Antakya, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the first day, the protests were small and spontaneous: two hundred people led down the main street by a man with a microphone. On the second day, they were bigger, and they circled the town center attracting curious crowds of onlookers...
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A Free Syrian Army fighter stands behind a pile of sandbags in Raqqa province, east Syria, on May 6, 2013. (REUTERS/Hamid Khatib)
by Hannah Lucinda Smith | May 8, 2013 | Features
Antakya, Asharq Al-Awsat—Mahmmad’s place is easy to miss. Tucked between the fashion stores and jewellery shops in the belly of Antakya’s old souk, its meter-wide opening is draped in wares that blend into the shadows behind. Khaki combat trousers and camouflage...
