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Residents inspect a site damaged by what activists claim was a car bomb in central Douma, near Damascus on July 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Yousef Albostany)
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Smoke is seen rising from buildings following alleged bombings by regime forces on the city of Daraya, southwest of the capital Damascus, on January 11, 2014. (AFP/Fadi Dirani)
Syria: Government, opposition negotiate Damascus ceasefire
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian government and opposition rebels are edging towards a ceasefire deal to end a two-year siege on Dariya, a suburb of Damascus, activists told Asharq Al-Awsat. Under the deal, rebels would pull out of the besieged suburb in exchange for...Caption:
Syrians walk past anti-sniper curtains remaining in a street on May 12, 2014 in a destroyed neighborhood of the Old City of Homs (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID)
Senior Syrian air defense force officer killed in Damascus suburb
Damascus, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of the Syrian military’s air defense branch died on Sunday from wounds received the previous day in a battle for the village of Mleiha on the outskirts of Damascus. The death of the officer, Gen. Hussein Ishaq, was reported by Agence...Caption:
Syrians walk past flags bearing President Bashar Al-Assad’s portrait on May 11, 2014 in the capital Damascus. (AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID)
Syria opens presidential campaign as war rages on
Damascus, AP—On billboards and in posters taped to car windows, new portraits of President Bashar Al-Assad filled the streets of Damascus on Sunday as Syria officially opened its presidential campaign despite a crippling civil war that has devastated the country and...Caption:
Women prepare food to be distributed to residents at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, south of Damascus, on April 19, 2014. (Reuters/Rame Alsayed)