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newlinesmag.com/essays/a-change-at-a-damascus-school-has-syrians-reading-the-runes/

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A Change at a Damascus School Has Syrians Reading the Runes: Laique was built to show that citizenship could outrank confession, but a policy shift is being seen ...

newlinesmag.com/running-notes/a-saudi-on-the-silent-fear-of-the-houthi-strikes/

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A Saudi on the Silent Fear of the Houthi Strikes: As Houthi drones and missiles reach Riyadh and Dammam, a Saudi writer finds his compatriots anxious ...

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“Aside from the obvious implication of appearing so publicly at a conference launched by the regime, Bassem Youssef’s comments reinforced a familiar rhetoric ... Show more

newlinesmag.com/running-notes/from-sisis-satirist-to-sisis-guest-bassem-youssefs-surprise-appearance/

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newlinesmag Oct 22

From Sisi’s Satirist to Sisi’s Guest: Bassem Youssef’s Surprise Appearance: The comedian Bassem Youssef’s unlikely appearance at Egypt Forum 2026 has put his ...

newlinesmag.com/argument/the-palestinian-politician-who-could-be-israels-kingmaker/

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newlinesmag Oct 22

The Palestinian Politician Who Could Be Israel’s Kingmaker: Opposition leaders have said they won’t ally with an Arab party, though polls show this is their only ...

newlinesmag.com/reportage/syrias-winemakers-press-on-under-new-alcohol-rules/

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newlinesmag Oct 21

Syria’s Winemakers Press on Under New Alcohol Rules: From the vineyards of the coastal mountains to a small family winery, a handful of producers are trying to ...

newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-basement-where-orthodoxy-is-being-rebuilt/

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newlinesmag Oct 21

The Basement Where Orthodoxy Is Being Rebuilt: Churches that have not shared communion since the fifth century are now worshipping together, navigating doctrine ...

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newlinesmag Oct 21

Anand Giridharadas: Abandonment is the Political Emotion of Our Time: On this week’s episode of the podcast, author Anand Giridharadas joins Faisal Al Yafai to ...

newlinesmag.com/argument/the-french-far-right-has-opened-pangrams-box/

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newlinesmag Oct 20

The French Far Right Has Opened Pangram’s Box: The denunciation of a Haitian-Canadian author’s alleged use of AI looked like a win for integrity and AI-detection ...

newlinesmag.com/running-notes/french-students-sniff-out-police-infiltration-on-snapchat-and-launch-a-brand-new-meme/

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newlinesmag Oct 20

French Students Sniff Out Police Infiltration on Snapchat and Launch a Brand New Meme

newlinesmag.com/reportage/yemens-salafist-commanders-are-shaping-its-battlefield/

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newlinesmag Oct 19

Yemen’s Salafist Commanders Are Shaping Its Battlefield: Three preachers made their names retaking the country’s west coast from the Houthis; now they’re ...

Man City's Global Reckoning

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newlinesmag Oct 20

newlinesmag.com/running-notes/egypts-parliament-votes-on-sending-military-support-to-saudi-arabia/

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newlinesmag Oct 19

Egypt’s Parliament Votes on Sending Military Support to Saudi Arabia: President Sisi has asked lawmakers to authorize assistance for the kingdom in its fight ...

newlinesmag.com/podcast/a-death-that-divided-america/

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newlinesmag Oct 19

A Death That Divided America: Anand Giridharadas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss the death of Jordan Neely on a New York subway train ...

France's Student Revolt Grows

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newlinesmag Oct 19

newlinesmag.com/essays/how-shukri-al-quwatlis-memoir-changes-our-view-of-syrias-history/

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newlinesmag Oct 16

How Shukri al-Quwatli’s Memoir Changes Our View of Syria’s History: The only such account written by a president of the country opens up long-forgotten aspects ...

‘Could You Look and See if My House Is Still Standing?’

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newlinesmag Oct 16

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newlinesmag Oct 16

Sliman Mansour's Lasting Legacy: Sliman Mansour spent a lifetime using art to preserve Palestinian identity and connect people to their land ...

newlinesmag.com/first-person/could-you-look-and-see-if-my-house-is-still-standing/

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newlinesmag Oct 15

‘Could You Look and See if My House Is Still Standing?’: An open-source investigator who has spent years documenting Palestine from afar reflects on reporting on ...

newlinesmag.com/argument/if-taiz-falls-yemen-may-never-be-the-same/

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newlinesmag Oct 15

If Taiz Falls, Yemen May Never Be the Same: The governorate faces extremely difficult choices; both surrender and resistance to the Houthis threaten catastrophic ...

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newlinesmag Oct 15

Southern Separatist Fighters Are Driving Saudi Gains Against the Houthis: Saudi Arabia's latest military achievements in Yemen followed an unusual ...

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newlinesmag Oct 15

From the @newlinesmag archives: The number of “-cides” in Gaza is growing, but beyond its destruction of schools, hospitals, farmland and entire family lineages ... Show more

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newlinesmag Oct 15

"As Israel blocked foreign press from independently accessing the besieged and occupied strip, open-source intelligence proved to be one of the few ways ... Show more

newlinesmag.com/running-notes/yemens-unchecked-war-could-become-the-next-sectarian-jihad/

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newlinesmag Oct 14

Yemen’s Unchecked War Could Become the Next Sectarian Jihad: New Lines Editorial Director Rasha Elass and contributing writer Farea Al-Muslimi discuss the ...

newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-manchester-citys-guilty-verdict-threatens-gulf-soccer-ownership/

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newlinesmag Oct 14

How Manchester City’s Guilty Verdict Threatens Gulf Soccer Ownership: The club built two of the game’s new defining models. The verdict against it ...

newlinesmag.com/spotlight/the-rising-cost-of-keeping-egypts-vibrant-literary-culture-alive/

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newlinesmag Oct 13

The Rising Cost of Keeping Egypt’s Vibrant Literary Culture Alive: As prices for paper and printing soar, the small presses that transformed the country’s ...

newlinesmag.com/reportage/in-india-citizens-brace-for-a-democratic-unraveling/

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newlinesmag Oct 13

In India, Citizens Brace for a Democratic Unraveling: As revisions to voter rolls put more than 130 million people at risk of disenfranchisement ...

In Yemen, No One Wants To Be a Teacher Anymore

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newlinesmag Oct 13

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newlinesmag Oct 12

In Yemen, No One Wants To Be a Teacher Anymore: A decade of war and a collapsing currency have emptied the colleges that train the country’s educators ...

newlinesmag.com/podcast/how-1980s-lebanon-made-todays-middle-east/

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newlinesmag Oct 12

How 1980s Lebanon Made Today’s Middle East: Kim Ghattas joins Faisal Al Yafai to discuss how the Beirut of the 1980s offers a prism through which to understand ...

newlinesmag.com/first-person/the-betrayal-of-tigray/

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newlinesmag Oct 08

The Betrayal of Tigray: Former enemies are now suddenly allies, freedom fighters have become corrupt autocrats, and the people they claim to lead do not want ...

newlinesmag.com/essays/a-rupture-in-the-history-of-consciousness/

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newlinesmag Oct 09

A Rupture in the History of Consciousness: Centuries of interpretation have separated the self from the world, but glimpses of an older mode of being can still ...

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newlinesmag Oct 09

WATCH: France’s student protests began with a simple demand: better schools. @kliwewe looks at the demonstrations sweeping the country.f.mtr.cool/uhbrfzlnpd

The Abuses in Turkish Textile Factories Supplying Major US Brands

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newlinesmag Oct 09

newlinesmag.com/review/two-films-about-gaza-and-the-people-who-hate-them/

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newlinesmag Oct 08

Two Films About Gaza and Why Some People Hate Them: The documentary film “NAZA” and the satirical drama “Yes!,” both by Israeli directors ...

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newlinesmag Oct 09

“One of the many achingly sad realizations that comes with following the reactions to “NAZA” and “Yes!” is that these films do not have the power to change ... Show more

newlinesmag.com/reportage/life-in-irans-war-torn-south-on-the-strait-of-hormuz/

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newlinesmag Oct 08

Life in Iran’s War-Torn South on the Strait of Hormuz: A writer journeys through Hormozgan province, from Bandar Abbas fish market to the graves of Minab's ...

newlinesmag.com/podcast/the-forgotten-moment-that-decided-palestines-fate/

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newlinesmag Oct 07

The Forgotten Moment That Decided Palestine’s Fate: Rashid Khalidi joins Faisal Al Yafai on the podcast to discuss how a forgotten revolt in the 1930s set the ...

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newlinesmag Oct 07

The AI Threat is Real. The Vulnerabilities Are Too Numerous To Ignore: The stakes in the race to build new models are high, and the fate of humanity can’t be ...

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newlinesmag Oct 07

From the @newlinesmag archives: The Palestinian scholar Dana El Kurd learned about the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks while visiting the Jewish Museum of Berlin ... Show more

newlinesmag.com/spotlight/southern-separatist-fighters-are-driving-saudi-gains-against-the-houthis/

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newlinesmag Oct 06

Southern Separatist Fighters Are Driving Saudi Gains Against the Houthis: Saudi Arabia's latest military achievements in Yemen followed an unusual ...

newlinesmag.com/argument/how-geography-has-changed-the-war-in-yemen/

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newlinesmag Oct 06

How Geography Has Changed the War in Yemen: The question is no longer who controls Sanaa, or which faction holds this or that city — but who can project power ...

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newlinesmag Oct 06

“How far will the counteroffensive advance? Will it stop at Mokha, or will it seek to retake the entire stretch of coastline currently under Houthi control? It ... Show more

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newlinesmag Oct 06

Yousra's 50 Years on Screen: For five decades, Yousra has remained one of the defining stars of Egyptian cinema.Kwangu Liwewe Agyei speaks with Tom Pollitt about ...

newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-military-service-exemptions-shape-south-korean-soccer/

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newlinesmag Oct 05

How Military Service Exemptions Shape South Korean Soccer: An Olympic medal or Asian Games gold spares male athletes 18 months of conscription ...

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newlinesmag Oct 07

ICYMI: In an exclusive investigation, @newlinesmag reports on the Turkish textile factories where women workers face forced overtime and sexual harassment — factories ... Show more

newlinesmag.com/running-notes/the-flydubai-flight-lands-as-a-political-spectacle-in-multiple-countries/

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newlinesmag Oct 05

The Flydubai Flight Lands as a Political Spectacle in Multiple Countries: After a Flydubai flight with mostly Israeli passengers made an emergency landing in ...

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newlinesmag Oct 05

Why Homelessness Remains Such a Vexing Issue in the US: Legal rulings have given cities and counties new impetus to crack down on street sleeping ...

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newlinesmag Oct 05

Editor’s Pick Sliman Mansour spent a lifetime using art to preserve Palestinian identity and connect people to their land. Rana Anani ... Show more

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newlinesmag Oct 05

WATCH: Should the Ten Commandments be displayed in Texas schools? @MarcusAGadson examines the long and unsettled fight over religion in U.S. public education ... Show more

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newlinesmag.com/argument/sliman-mansours-art-captured-the-palestinian-condition/

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newlinesmag Oct 02

Sliman Mansour’s Art Captured the Palestinian Condition: From his iconic paintings to the institutions he helped build and the generations of artists he inspired ...

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newlinesmag Oct 02

LISTEN: East Africa regional expert Jalale Getachew Birru and Alan Boswell of the International Crisis Group join @kliwewe to discuss the return of war to ... Show more

'Don't move the goalpost' - Loke hits back at Fadhli over N Sembilan crisis

newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-coercion-and-harassment-behind-major-us-clothing-brands/

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newlinesmag Oct 01

The Abuses in Turkish Textile Factories Supplying Major US Brands: An exclusive investigation finds that workers routinely face forced overtime ...

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newlinesmag Oct 02

WATCH: @bysurbhigupta revisits her @newlinesmag essay on how misogyny in India is reinforced by pop culture, online threats, normalized harassment and impunity. Show more

newlinesmag.com/reportage/ice-turns-its-sights-on-buryat-asylum-seekers/

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newlinesmag Oct 01

ICE Turns Its Sights on Buryat Asylum-Seekers: A member of the persecuted Russian Mongol minority reveals the life he hopes to keep in the US ...

newlinesmag.com/reportage/waiting-for-yemens-al-sharaa/

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newlinesmag Sep 30

Waiting for Yemen’s al-Sharaa: In September, the Yemeni government and its Saudi backers invoked Syria's revolution to promise the liberation of Sanaa ...

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newlinesmag Sep 30

WATCH: Why is Morocco demolishing one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world? Since winning the bid to host the 2030 World Cup ... Show more

'Don't move the goalpost' - Loke hits back at Fadhli over N Sembilan crisis

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newlinesmag Oct 01

WATCH: For over a decade, Haitians have built lives in the U.S. under Temporary Protected Status. Now, as the Trump administration ends the program ... Show more

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newlinesmag.com/spotlight/how-frances-religious-nationalists-hijacked-the-popes-visit/

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newlinesmag Sep 29

How France’s Religious Nationalists Hijacked the Pope’s Visit: From far-right billionaires to ultraconservative TikTok influencers, the movement laid Easter eggs ...

newlinesmag.com/podcast/why-ethiopia-is-at-war-once-again/

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newlinesmag Sep 29

Why Ethiopia Is at War Once Again: Jalale Getachew Birru and Alan Boswell join Kwangu Liwewe Agyei to discuss renewed fighting in Tigray ...

Should Some Chicago Monuments Fall? The Contentious Politics of Public Art

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newlinesmag Sep 30

NEW: Buryats, a persecuted minority in Russia, have been denied asylum in the U.S. After a near miss with ICE, a truck driver recalls the Russia he fled and ... Show more

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nterview with soldier who became the worlds first recipient of evacuation by aerial drone of the WIA from a battlefield . He had been cut off at his frontline ... Show more

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'Ugly Betty' cast reunites 20 years later: The cast of the groundbreaking ABC series reunites for an emotional look back at the show's lasting impact ...

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newlinesmag Sep 29

NEW: In September, in a large online propaganda campaign, Yemen's government and its Saudi backers invoked Syria's revolution to promise Sanaa’s ... Show more

newlinesmag.com/spotlight/syria-hands-down-sentences-in-2025-coastal-massacres-trial/

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newlinesmag Sep 26

Syria Hands Down Sentences in 2025 Coastal Massacres Trial: A Syrian court has delivered its first verdicts over the March 2025 violence: a death sentence ...

newlinesmag.com/running-notes/man-city-financial-misconduct-verdict-threatens-uae-soft-power/

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newlinesmag Sep 25

Man City Financial Misconduct Verdict Threatens UAE Soft Power: Emirati-owned Manchester City was found guilty on 114 financial misconduct charges ...

newlinesmag.com/spotlight/in-defense-of-egyptian-food/

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newlinesmag Sep 24

In Defense of Egyptian Food: Egyptian food has long had a bad reputation, but it’s time to reassess what you think you know about mahshy, molokhia in duck stock ...

newlinesmag.com/essays/history-and-myth-in-the-holy-land/

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newlinesmag Sep 25

History and Myth in the Holy Land: Why do politicians continue to use Sunday school stories about Israel-Palestine’s past?

newlinesmag.com/argument/an-increasingly-desperate-trump-threatens-irans-annihilation/

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newlinesmag Sep 25

An Increasingly Desperate Trump Threatens Iran’s Annihilation: The rhetoric comes as the president is stuck with a war he can’t win and declining domestic ...

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newlinesmag Sep 25

The Houthis’ lightning offensive and seizure of key positions around the Bab al-Mandab Strait is a significant turning point ... Show more

newlinesmag.com/reportage/the-false-white-genocide-claim-reshaping-us-south-africa-relations/

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newlinesmag Sep 24

The False ‘White Genocide’ Claim Reshaping US-South Africa Relations: New visa restrictions introduced by Washington are raising the stakes in a yearlong dispute ...

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newlinesmag Sep 25

WATCH: New U.S. visa restrictions are deepening tensions with South Africa, as false claims of “white genocide” continue to shape Washington’s policy and fuel ... Show more

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newlinesmag Sep 24

The Houthis' Oil Chokepoint: Why are gas pump prices suddenly astronomical? And how is this linked to President Trump escalating the Iran war? The answer is ...

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newlinesmag Sep 23

Assala Nasri’s Triumphant Return to Damascus: Assala Nasri's return to Damascus after 15 years in exile drew Syrians of every sect and ethnicity ...

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reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-mulls-immigrant-detention-gambling-ten-commandments-cases-2026-09-29/

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US Supreme Court mulls immigrant detention, gambling, Ten Commandments cases: Some big cases may be added to the US Supreme Court's docket for its new term that ...

Water Scarcity in Jordan Is Causing an Agricultural Crisis

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newlinesmag Sep 23

How the Failed Revolutions of the 1970s Remade Our World

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newlinesmag Sep 23

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newlinesmag Sep 22

📹 COMING SOON: A man known as Abu Zakaria claims to have hidden behind a wall inside his home in Latakia, Syria, for 13 years ... Show more

Syria: Hiding from Assad

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