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Syria looks to solar power as more than a patchwork fix to its energy crisis
Syria's new leaders are hoping renewable energy will now become more than a patchwork solution. Investment is beginning to ...
Shiite neighborhoods in Damascus commemorate Ashoura quietly after Assad's ouster
Shiite rituals for Ashoura in Damascus have drastically changed after the fall of Syria's former President Bashar Assad ...
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Lebanon's Shiite Muslims mark Ashura amid calls for Hezbollah to disarm and security threats
Lebanon's Shiite Muslims on Sunday gathered to mark the religious event of Ashura for the first time since Israel's war last ...
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Assad Is Gone, But Syria’s Troubles Remain - by Will Selber
A busted portrait of a busted dictator: A photo of Bashar al-Assad in a facility formerly part of the Assad regime’s Political Security Branch on the outskirts of Hama, following the capture of the ...
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‘Terrorist cell’ uncovered in Beirut was plotting attacks on major religious gathering
Members of a "terrorist cell" arrested in Beirut were plotting attacks on the Shiite community during Ashura religious events this weekend, security sources told The National. Lebanon's General ...