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Free Syrian Army fighters recount falling in love during war

07 Apr 2013
  ALEPPO — While being a landscape of warfare and death for the last two years, love and romance has not been killed by Syria’s ongoing revolution. Mahmoud Abu Jafaar, 29, used to be a driver, while Nour, 22, worked as a...
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Fleeing Syria, Palestinians find haven and hardships in Egypt

18 Mar 2013
Rula Deeb, 26, was born in Damascus and calls Syria her home. But after months of government bombings, indiscriminate violence and rising scarcity of basic goods, Deeb, whose grandparents fled Gaza for Syria in 1948, felt she could no...
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On Libyan revolution’s anniversary, reminders of a long road ahead

12 Mar 2013
TRIPOLI— Two years after Libyans in the eastern city of Benghazi began rising up against Muammar Qadhafi, citizens in the capital held raucous celebrations to commemorate the uprising-turned-civil war that ultimately ousted the...
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Syrian civilians form local police force to combat rising crime

03 Mar 2013
ALEPPO — The atmosphere was tense in Bustan al-Qasr after a Friday protest turned into a fight between two groups, one calling for an Islamic state after President Bashar al-Assad’s fall and another demanding a free and...
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Italian Five Star Movement surprises everyone with elections results, including itself

02 Mar 2013
Italy went through a tumultuous poll this week amid politicians’ banking scandals, the pope stepping down, the revival of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s political career, and former President Mario Monti’s...
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Remembering the day Qadhafi died

17 Feb 2013
Following months of fighting, Libyan rebels on 20 October 2011 found and killed the country’s longtime leader, Muammar Qadhafi. As the news exploded, images of the blood-stained colonel spread all over the world. In Libya still,...
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UN adviser shares thoughts on Libya’s post-war stability

17 Feb 2013
Unlike in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen, it took a civil war to ultimately bring leadership change in Libya. In the post-war environment, the question of security has been at the top of the agenda for Libya’s new leaders and, in the...
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Palestinians at Yarmouk camp are forced to take sides in the Syrian conflict

11 Feb 2013
DAMASCUS — The Palestinian camps of Yarmouk, Tadamon and Falesteen lie on the southwest outskirts of Damascus. Mountains of piled stones and trash surrounding the military checkpoints prevent cars and civilians from entering. Snipers...
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Libya’s forgotten fighters: After victory, rebels find reintegration difficult

04 Feb 2013
He is no longer in battle, but Ayoub Jalgham wears desert fatigues when he visits downtown Tripoli. His build, scruffy facial hair and air of confidence all tell passers-by that this 19-year-old fought against the regime of Muammar Qadhafi...
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An ambitious project unearths memories of Turkey’s Kurdish youth

27 Jan 2013
Remzi, a 26-year-old Kurd from southeast Turkey, has a pretty typical life story for someone like him. A child during the brutal 1990s, when paranoia and military violence ravaged Turkey, Remzi and his family were forced to leave their...
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