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New year hope and joy reign in a Damascus freed from Assad
Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing "revolution" flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war. Gunshots rang out from Mount ...
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Four dead after crowd crush at Umayyad Mosque in Damascus
Four people were killed and sixteen injured in a crush at Umayyad Mosque in Syria's capital Damascus on Friday, Damascus Health Director Dr Mohammed Akram Maatouq told the state-run Sana news agency.
This Ramadan, relief and hope bump against violence and uncertainty in the new Syria
the Umayyad’s iconic and unusual group call to prayer, recited by several people. Muslim worshippers pray during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday March ...
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The end of an era: Assad is gone, and Syrians reclaim their future - analysis
The Assad regime responded by massacring and killing people. In Damascus, people celebrated in Umayyad Square to mark the anniversary. It is a new era in Syria. There were more celebrations in ...
Syrians mark 14th anniversary of civil war uprising by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad
Thousands of Syrians have poured into the streets and public squares to mark 14 years since the country’s civil war began, the first without Bashar Assad in power.