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Hama, Syrian city at centre of fighting, has brutal history
Around 210 kilometres (130 miles) north of the capital Damascus, Hama is strategic because of its location between Syria's second city Aleppo -- which rebels took on December 1 -- and Damascus ...
Another car bomb in a northern Syria city kills at least 19, mostly women
Hospitals workers say at least 19 people were killed all but one of them women when a car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a ...
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A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between ... and Asia via what is now Turkey to the holy city of Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia.
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It was once the capital of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance.’ Now a Syrian town grapples with its future
“This place became the political capital ... across Syria.” It all came to an abrupt end last month after Syria’s Sunni rebels toppled Assad, triggering a frantic exodus from the city ...
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Rebel forces capture Syrian capital
(MENAFN) After 54 years of the Assad family's rule, rebel forces captured the Syrian capital, Damascus ... Bashar al-Assad fled to an undisclosed location. Opposition forces claimed that the ...
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In Syria’s ‘barrel bomb capital’ Darayya, housing crisis stalls return
Ghida Matar, 32, knew Darayya was mostly destroyed before she returned from Lebanon on December 31, weeks after the Assad ...
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A train station was once the pride of Syria’s capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Qadam train station, which was damaged during the war between rebel forces and ousted President Bashar ...