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Devastated by war, farmers return life to Syria’s ‘oasis’
In the 12th century, the Andalusian poet and traveler Ibn Jubayr described the agricultural lands around Damascus as “the ...
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The last good days in Syria before a new nightmare began
He later formed the Nusra Front in Syria at the start of the civil war in 2011 as an ... We arrived two days before Ramadan, and the market in Old Damascus was packed shoulder to shoulder, with ...
Syria: Germany reopens embassy in Damascus, 13 years after civil war shutdown
Before Germany, Italy reopened its embassy last year before the fall of Assad, and Spain reopened its embassy after his ...