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Syria’s stand-up comedians, censored under Assad, are now having the last laugh
Laughter fills the Zawaya Art Gallery in downtown Damascus. A packed crowd is chuckling uproariously at Syria’s first ...
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Bashar al-Assad's strategy of chaos
al-Assad was a master in the art of holding steady and had placed himself at the center of the Middle Eastern game. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Bashar al-Assad during a press conference ...
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Assad's cousin who led deadly 2011 crackdown arrested
Syria’s new leadership announced on Friday the arrest of Atif Najib, a cousin of ousted leader Bashar Al-Assad, who is accused of leading a deadly crackdown in Daraa, the birthplace of 2011 ...
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Syria Arrests Assad-Era Officer Seen as Responsible for Triggering 2011 Uprising
Syrian authorities have arrested a former senior security officer and cousin of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad seen by some as responsible for sparking the country's 2011 uprising due to a ...