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Damascus, As Suwayda Hold Indirect Negotiations after Suspending Protests

Syria’s capital Damascus and southernmost province of As Suwayda are holding indirect negotiations after popular protests that swept the latter since last Thursday coming to a stop.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2022

Damascus: Bomb Blast Kills 1 Soldier, Wounds Several

A Syrian army soldier was killed and 11 others were wounded when an explosive device planted in a military transport bus went off in Damascus on Tuesday, state media reported, quoting a military source. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for what was a rare bombing in the Syrian…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 15, 2022

Hardship deepens amidst Syria's frozen conflict

After her son was killed fighting for the Syrian government in 2013, the state began paying Amouna al-Berri a monthly salary which easily covered all her household expenses.

Reuters · Feb 13, 2022

Haunted by conflict, Syrian mother tries to heal mental scars

Roda Aftan Shlash fled Islamic State militants in eastern Syria with her family five years ago, leaving behind the hardline militants but not the trauma of living under their brutal rule.

Reuters · Feb 3, 2022

Power Cuts Help Revive Syrian Tradition of Public Bathhouses

At Hammam Bakri in Damascus' Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble floor. Masseurs vigorously scrub their skin with a soap-soaked loofah and wash them down with hot water. Around a hexagonal fountain outside — traditionally found in old Damascene…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2022

Power cuts help revive Syrian tradition of public bathhouses

At Hammam Bakri in Damascus’ Old City, Syrian men wrapped in towels from the waist down lie down on a scalding marble floor

The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2022

Assad: Dealing with Changes in Arab Reality Requires Changing Political Approach, Thinking

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that “dealing with changes in reality and Arab society requires changing the political approach and thinking.” This came during his meeting with the Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Albusaidi in Damascus. According to state-owned SANA, Assad and Albusaidi reviewed “the distinguished relations that bind Syria…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2022

Syria intercepts Israeli missiles targeting Damascus: State media

Israeli air raids reportedly targeted military outpost, weapons depot used by Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement.

Al Jazeera · Jan 31, 2022

Syria Intercepts Israeli Missile Barrage Targeting Damascus

Syrian air defenses confronted Israeli missiles targeting an area near the capital, Damascus, downing some of them, Syria's state news agency reported Monday. SANA cited a military source as saying the missiles came from the skies over eastern Lebanon, and targeted outposts in the vicinity of Damascus, resulting in material…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 31, 2022

Syria intercepts Israeli missile barrage targeting Damascus- state media

Syrian air defenses intercepted an Israeli missile barrage targeting the vicinity of the capital Damascus, state media said early on Monday citing a military source.

Reuters · Jan 31, 2022