Since Assad’s departure, there have been no clashes between Russian troops and the former insurgents who have suddenly become the de facto security forces for all of Syria. That’s despite the fact that many of the fighters are from areas of northern Syria that came under freque...
When Bashar al-Assad gave his first major speech in response to the outbreak of protests in Syria in late March 2011, the Arab Twitterati's response was an amused, "one down, two speeches to go. " That was the script followed by Tunisia's Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's Hosni ...
Most people didn't understand what we were doing at first — this was going to be Syria's first skatepark.( 我们组花了28天的时间建造公园。大多数人一开始并不理解我们在做什么——这将是叙利亚的第一个滑板公园。)”、第六段“The kids nearby would watch us skating down the street and were ...
This means that while Hamas remained very much deterred by Israel, ‘there is one thing that is stronger than deterrence: desperation. You can’t deter a desperate [person]’.Footnote113 Evoking the age-old Zionist hope that the vast economic gains attending the Jewish national revival would ...
During a time of loneliness in Lebanon, a country afflicted with racism due to old political problems with Syria, I was looking for a Tribe that would not discriminate against me because of where I came from and the God I prayed to. And it seems that I had finally found it. In March...
The town's crops were in much better condition than those found in the more arid southern Levant or inland in Syria, where other studies have shown evidence of serious drought, she adds. "The most impressive finding for m...
Söğütlüçeşme is a suburban station 2km (1.2 miles) east of the old Haydarpaşa station, see Söğütlüçeşme station guide & how to reach it. Check these times at ebilet.tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr or as explained here. How much does it cost? Economy seat Business seat...
Aleppo– Lots of people wonder about Aleppo as it was always on the news. Part of the Old Souk is completely destroyed but people are actively rebuilding it. Parts of the old town are gone, but many places are intact. Homs– The mostdestroyed cityin Syria out of all. Over half of it...
Early cultures used meteorites to craft weapons and jewelry long before anyone knew how to extract iron from ore.
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