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Boys make their way through the rubble of damaged buildings in the rebel-held area of al-Kalaseh neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. Reuters


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Forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad are seen in the Qalamoun mountains north of Damascus. Syria’s army ambushed Islamist fighters in the Qalamoun mountains north of the capital Damascus on Friday, leaving as many as 60 people dead, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said (REUTERS/SANA/Handout via Reuters)


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A picture taken on October 25, 2013 shows members of jihadist group Al-Nusra Front taking part in a parade calling for the establishment of an Islamic state in Syria, at the Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhood of Aleppo. (AFP/Karam Al-Masri)


The Revolution Betrayed

The Revolution Betrayed

Antakya, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the last things that Mahmoud did in Syria was to fit a new front door. It was another example of everything that was going wrong in Aleppo. A month before, he had upgraded his pistol to a submachine gun. Now he was fixing big metal...
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A Syrian carries a revolution flag during a Friday protest in Aleppo, Syria, where young people and children sang songs against Bashar Assad and the Syrian regime, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012.(AP Photo/Virginie Nguyen Hoang)


Opinion: A Shower of Spokesmen

Opinion: A Shower of Spokesmen

We, the Syrian people, have grown accustomed to seeing the Ba’athist regime speaking for us, without anybody authorizing it or assigning it the task. We have also grown accustomed to seeing it blame us for its own stupidity and malpractice, although we have long...
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(L-R) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamad Javad Zarif, Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, US Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (back to camera) react during a ceremony at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland,on November 24, 2013. (EPA/MARTIAL TREZZINI)