The Damascus Bureau

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SMN No. 14, February 16, 2011

Arabs, Kurds to Celebrate Nowruz as National Day

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“Finally the monster woke up”

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 14, February 22, 2011 Reports of a spontaneous protest by hundreds of Syrians in the centre of Damascus have sparked the launch of new online initiatives for change and reform. The Annidaa [...]

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Warnings Over Open Access to Facebook in Syria

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 14, February 16, 2011 Activists have warned Syrian internet users to take precautions when accessing social networking sites after the recent lifting of a ban on sites such as Facebook. A range [...]

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Syrian Intellectuals Ask: Why Are We Banned From Travelling?

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