Chemical weapons agency chief says Damascus meetings first step towards improved ties
The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said on Saturday meetings he had with Syria's new ...
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Friends of Italian priest long missing in Syria hope for news
In a centuries-old monastery on a rocky hill north of Damascus, friends of missing Italian priest Paolo Dall'Oglio carry on ...
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The forensic doctor tracing the corpses of Assad's regime
In Syria's morgues, Dr Sara Melhem is uncovering the identities of corpses from Assad's dictatorship, offering families the ...
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At Damascus opera house, hopes for a better future
"What we see here today is the Syria that I love... the music, the people who have come to listen -- that's the best image of ...
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In Damascus, art re-emerges: 'We feel free and, at the same time, we're still afraid'
It didn't want people to think," said Rola Sleiman ... Now, what remains is darkness and depression," said Murad, who has turned his Damascus studio into a refuge. Painter Abdullah Murad, at ...
In Damascus, café Rawda is a 'lounge' for exiled opponents and artists returning to Syria
Opened in the 1930s, just a stone's throw from the Syrian Parliament, the cafe has witnessed the turbulence of the country's ...
Head of UN chemical weapons watchdog meets Syrian leader
The meeting raised hope that Syria would be conclusively rid of chemical weapons after years of delays. Read more at ...