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Scores killed in regime ambush near Damascus

Scores of Islamist fighters were killed in an army ambush in the Eastern Ghouta area of the capital Damascus, Syria's national news agency SANA said on Wednesday. Captain Islam Alloush, Military spokesman of the Islamic Front claimed that most of 45 victims were civilians trying to...

UN calls for free access to besieged camp

Pictures emerge of thousands of residents of the Damascus district of Yarmouk, who have remained trapped for nearly a year, queuing for food and aid A picture showing thousands of residents queuing for food has revealed shocking levels of deprivation inside a beseiged camp in Syria....

Lawrence of Arabia’s bill unpaid, 100 years on

Famed British officer Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, walked into a bar in Aleppo’s Baron hotel in 1914. 100 years later, his bill is still unpaid. Lawrence partook of some appetizers and enjoyed a few drinks, before he left with the payment outstanding. The...

Syria War Stirs New U.S. Debate on Cyberattacks

Not long after the uprising in Syria turned bloody, late in the spring of 2011, the Pentagon and the National Security Agency developed a battle plan that featured a sophisticated cyberattack on the Syrian military and President Bashar al-Assad’s command structure. The...