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| Another Damascus Declaration Activist Arrested In Syria | | 2008-06-20 08:58:00 | | The Syrian security agencies arrested, on June 16, Damascus Declaration national council member Muhammad Al-Najar. At the time of his arrest, his home was searched, and printed materials and political posters were confiscated. Al-Najar's arrest brings the number of arrested Damascus Declaration members to 15.Via The memri blog | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | Damascus lines its borders with troops ahead of semi-boycotted Arab summit | | 2008-03-29 14:50:00 | | DEBKA -- Yemen and Jordan sent junior representatives, following the lead of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Morocco and Oman. Lebanon boycotted the meeting in protest against Syrian “meddling” which has deprived the country of a president since November. Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki was too busy with his offensive against fellow Shiites in Basra. But Baghdad sent its Shiite Arab vice president Adil Abdul-Mahdi. Iran sent FM Manouchehr Mottaki after backing away from Syria’s original plan to invite its president.Syrian president Bashar Assad has inexplicably responded to the partial boycott of the Arab League “summit” by lining up army units on his borders with Iraq, Lebanon and Israel, as well as pushing contingents across the border into Lebanon proper.DEBKA-Net-Weekly’s military sources report that a group of Syrian armored divisions has been posted along the Beirut-Damascus highway at Zabadani, under the command of the president’s younger brother, Maher Assad, commander of the presi | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
| | tomorrow the concert will be in the Damascus Inte... | | 2007-05-23 16:43:00 | | tomorrow the concert will be in the Damascus International Fair Ground in the city center ,I will be there and you wouldn't want to miss it ;), I was in the concert of Lena that I told you about which was rescheduled to be held in Tishreen Complex ,and it was as I predicted a great concert ,Lena performed from her new album as well as from the first one ,and also Basil Rajob was amazing ,the two performed admirably .here is a video I took of that concert , enjoy: | | By: roneceve | | |
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| Damascus: Part II | | 2007-05-10 14:46:41 | | It was a crisp, cool morning, and Star Crossed Lovers café – where we had drunk our last chai the night before – was already awake. Wooden tree stumps were laid out in the spreading sunlight and the café’s dwarfish owner, wild curls on his balding head, noticed us immediately.
“Good morning!” he called, bustling about [...]
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| | Damascus: Part I | | 2007-05-02 13:15:10 | | Sharia ath-Thawra was a jumble of shining yellow taxis, fearlessly zipping between moving metal. Their drivers rested weary elbows on horns, hooting, blind to all but their destination. A pedestrian flyover was visible in the distance, beyond a mammoth neon Sony sign, about a ten minute walk away. But Iain and I had slept too [...]
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