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Italian FM tours landmark mosque in first Syria visit
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani began his first official visit to post-Assad Syria on Friday with a tour of the landmark Umayyad mosque in Damascus. "It's a great pleasure... to be here this ...
'The only word was welcome': Syrian Americans triumphantly return to native land
Crossing the border from Jordan on Dec. 29, one North Jersey man had tears in his eyes. “I hugged the first Syrian person I ...
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Careful and charismatic: Syrian rebel leader’s extremist past raises questions about his future
Standing before a cheering crowd in Damascus’ historic Umayyad Mosque, the broad and bearded Abu Mohammad al-Jolani declared a new chapter in Syria ... including Aleppo, Homs and, finally ...
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Syrians cheer end of 50 years of Assad rule at first Friday prayers since government fell
The newly installed interim prime minister delivered the sermon at the Umayyad Mosque ... across Syria in 10 days. Similar scenes of joy unfolded in other major cities, including in Aleppo ...
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'The only word was welcome': Syrian Americans triumphantly return to native land
Mohamed Khairullah crossed the border into Syria and headed straight to the Rawdah Mosque in Aleppo, the city where ... prayed under the dome roof over the great hall — the same hall where ...