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Taxis in Idlib: High Fares and Scarcity of Passengers

(Eqtsad) Abu Stayef, a taxi driver in Idlib, believes that the profits from his profession were much higher before the start of the war in Syria.  Abu Stayef has been a taxi driver for 40 years, working in Idlib and Hama passing through Homs and each reaching the capital...

In Syria's capital, the civil war suddenly seems far away

(Los Angeles Times)- The guns have been silenced; that is the first change a returning visitor notices while driving around Syria’s capital. In years past, the booms of artillery, mortars and rockets exchanged between the forces of Syrian President Bashar Assad and the rebels arrayed...

Journalists, politicians attend pro-Assad conference in Damascus

(The Daily Sabah)- Journalists from Western newspapers and TV stations, in addition to politicians and academics, have been invited to attend a pro-Assad regime conference held in Damascus, organized by the British Syrian Society. During a two-day workshop reportedly organized by Syrian leader...