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I first visited Syria in 2009, and spent my first night there in Aleppo. I was a backpacker, and spent several days taking in the sights of the city before making my way southwards. I fell in love with Syria so much that I twice renewed my visa and lived in Damascus for two months.
The next time I went back, in August 2012, was a much more melancholic experience. I spent two weeks in and ...
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Sheikh Abu Maryam sits in a crisp, white jalabiya in the living room of his first floor apartment in the northern Syrian village of Marea. His beard is short, and his hair tightly clipped as he sits, cross legged, on the floor. He has just been walking the streets of Marea in a demonstration against the al-Assad regime which ...
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The Syria the World Forgot. http://t.co/AhsYW3gNwz
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"60 seconds of Congo" http://t.co/Wn5xKGZMzb
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#M23 accuse Kinshasa of refusing to negotiate at Kampala peace-talks; Mende says waiting for proposals - @AP http://t.co/9x0PjtLsPN
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Congolese journalist in Goma disseminates letter describing threats he received from #M23 following his reporting. #PressFreedom
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RT @jenanmoussa: Cool down people. RT @Doranimated US administration announcing that it is thinking about maybe doing something. #Syria
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RT @Patrick_Baz: White House says #Assad used chemical weapons "on a small scale against the opposition multiple times in the last year." #…
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RT @Reuters: U.S., Europe say Syria used chemical weapons against rebels: NYT http://t.co/zo8MIyWTnB
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My latest slideshow from Tuesday's "Occupy #Kenya" protest on @AJEnglish #photojournalism http://t.co/cYxSQPFm7Z
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Morning spent scrubbing animal blood off my camera, bag and boots from yesterday's "MPigs" protest. Not the most pleasant start to the day


