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A banner held up in the hall read, “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad.” One of Maasarani's best known songs is “Jabeenak ’Ali w Ma Bintal,” which he first sang in 2012 ...
Only now, with ruler Bashar al-Assad forcibly ousted last December, ... Ayman al-Masri carries a notebook where he hand-wrote songs, in Homs, Syria, on Feb. 1.
Violence spread across Syria once again on Friday, at demonstrations demanding an end to President Bashar al-Assad. At least 37 people were killed in Allepo, Hama, Homs, near Damascus and elsewhere.
If Syria is to rise from the Assad regime's ashes, its people must resurrect the spirit of the 2011 uprising in the post-Assad era. ... and creative song and dance. Above all, ...
REVEALED: Syrian Dictator Bashar al-Assad Downloaded This Incredible Song On iTunes. ... As he couldn't get iTunes in Syria, al-Assad's iTunes account was registered to an address in New York.
Thousands gathered in northwestern Syria on Friday for weekly prayers and a rally where clerics in the port city of Latakia, a former stronghold of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, urged national ...
NABATIYE, Lebanon — The insults and threats flow to the singer Ali Barakat around the clock. Men call from unknown phone numbers and say nasty things about his mother. Others ...
Now to Syria - many things have changed there since the Regime of Bashar al-Assad fell in December. NPR's Jane Arraf climbed on board the victory train in Damascus. It was once a propaganda tool ...
A banner held up in the hall read, “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad.” One of Maasarani’s best known songs is “Jabeenak ’Ali w Ma Bintal,” which he first sang in 2012 ...
A banner held up in the hall read “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad”. One of Maasarani’s best known songs is Jabeenak ’Ali w Ma Bintal, which he first sang in 2012, addressing ...