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Mar 15, 2021 · As the conflict enters its 11th year this month, 10 Syrians shared pictures with AFP news agency of themselves from before the start of the 2011 war and recounted how their lives have been...
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Aug 2, 2016 · Aug 02, 2016. Michael Zhang. Once Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has been the worst-hit city in the country since the Battle of Aleppo began in 2012 as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War....
Apr 23, 2018 · By Karen Yuan. In June of 1976, former Atlantic national correspondent Robert Kaplan took a bus from Damascus, Syria, to the countryside town of Ghouta. When he arrived, he saw a column of...
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On March 15, 2011, major unrest erupted across the streets of Deraa, Damascus and Aleppo, with protesters demanding democratic reforms and the release of political prisoners. Protests were triggered by the arrest and torture of a group of teenaged boys a few days earlier in the city of Deraa over graffiti denouncing longtime president Bashar al-Ass...
Aleppo
Aleppo was an industrial and economic hub in northwest Syria with nearly 3 million inhabitants at its peak. In December 2016, the Syrian army scored its biggest victory against the rebels when it recaptured the strategic city. The city had been divided and under rebel control since the beginning of the unrest in 2012.
Eastern Ghouta
Eastern Ghouta lies 10km (six miles) east of the capital, Damascus. In 2018, after a fierce seven-week offensive that left much of the city in ruins, the Syrian army regained control of areas that had been held by opposition fighters since 2012.
Raqqa
Raqqa, situated on the Euphrates River in Syria’s north, was the first governorate capital to fall under opposition control after the start of the Syrian uprising in 2011. In 2014, the city was captured by ISIL (ISIS), who declared it their capital. Raqqa and many villages and towns in the province were devastated by US-led coalition air raids during the anti-ISIL operation between 2016 and 2017. According to some estimates, between 70 and 80 percent of the city was destroyed, and its infrast...
With colossal damage to homes, schools, hospitals and infrastructure, large parts of Syria have been shattered by the fighting. US government sanctions and a surge of COVID infections has made life even more difficult for war-weary families. There is limited shelter, fuel is scarce, and food prices are soaring. According to the UN, Syria is “the wo...
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Dec 10, 2013 · Global. Understanding Syria: From Pre-Civil War to Post-Assad. How drought, foreign meddling, and long-festering religious tensions created the tragically splintered Syria we know...
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Sep 11, 2016 · Published September 11, 2016. Updated February 12, 2018. Syria has been engaged in a devastating civil war for over five years, rendering much of the country unrecognizable. Here's what it looked like before -- and why that changed. The Way Syria Was. View Gallery. In March 2016, the U.S. Department of State updated its travel advisory for Syria.
Feb 28, 2019 · The Umayyad Mosque of Damascus is one of the oldest mosques in the world, having been built at the beginning of the 8th century. The mosque is located in the historic Old Town, which has been a...
