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Haitham Al-Maleh, senior member of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Syria’s main political opposition group, leaves a meeting with UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
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Graffiti of a Syrian opposition flag. (REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed)
A Forgotten Revolution
It was almost exactly three years ago. The cats of Damascus were as soaked by rain as the streets they tip-toed through. On February 4, 2011, the Shuam, the Damascenes, from the neighborhoods of Abu Roumanneh, Mezzeh, Baramkeh and the Old City went about their usual...Caption:
In this May 5, 2011, photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian soldiers atop their armored vehicles pull out of the southern city of Daraa, Syria. (AP Photo/SANA)
Syria: Assad recruiting East European mercenaries via Hezbollah
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Eastern European fighters are being recruited via Hezbollah in Lebanon to fight alongside Syrian government forces, according to sources who spoke to Asharq Al-Awsat. Local and international media have reported that Rafik Al-Hariri...Caption:
Iraqi security forces members enter a compound during clashes with al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the city of Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, February 16, 2014. Sunni militancy has been on the rise over the past year, especially in the western province of Anbar, where the army is besieging the city of Falluja, overrun by insurgents on Jan. 1. Picture taken February 16, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS CONFLICT MILITARY)
Opinion: Conspiracy theories that will not die
According to some people, Iraq’s former president Saddam Hussein only invaded Iran during Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini’s rule because he was entangled with foreign parties and only invaded Kuwait after receiving his cue from the US envoy in Baghdad. Some argue that...Caption:
Damaged vehicles are seen among debris after what activists said was an air raid by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, in Aleppo’s district of Al Sukari February 1, 2014. (REUTERS/Malek Al Shemali)