A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy
To understand the shakedown empire that was once Syria under former President Bashar Assad, consider the notorious Al-Khatib ...
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War-damaged souks reopen in Syria's Aleppo
Four historic souks in northern Syria's Aleppo, heavily damaged during some of the most intense fighting of the 13-year civil war, reopened this week following their restoration. "After I reopened ...
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Syria's Aleppo set for revival despite war scars to its heritage
The historic Baron Hotel in Syria's Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by ... Below in the old city, a few alleys of the souk -- once the largest in the world with 4,000 stalls -- have reopened ...
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Amid the Rubble, Syrian Cities Seek a Postwar Normalcy
Sixty-year-old Amira Garman sat in a powder blue cardigan on a swinging bench beneath a gold-fringed yellow ... in obliterated east Aleppo, had been surrounded by the Syrian Army after the ...
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Syria war monitor says rebels control most of Aleppo
The Observatory reported that the army had pulled out of Syria's fourth largest city Hama, around 140 kilometres (90 miles) south of Aleppo, in the face of the rebel advance. But a military source ...