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An Al-Monitor Correspondent in Damascus

A Syrian couple sit at Mount Qasioun in Damascus September 12, 2005. Syria agreed on Monday with chief U.N. investigator Detlev Mehlis on the procedures for questioning Syrian witnesses in the probe into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi JS/TY - RTRNNQ1

Suriye’de Sünni-Alevi çiftler mezhepçiliğe meydan okuyor

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SAMMY KETZ
A Syrian man walks past a wall bearing the portraits of soldiers from the city of Tartus, who died during the Syrian conflict, in the city northwest of Damascus on May 18, 2014. Tartus has itself largely escaped the conflict in Syria, but posters of its sons killed fighting for the regime elsewhere in the country line the western city's main road. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

Suriye rejimi asker kaçaklarının peşinde

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

A Syrian woman (C) stands with her daughter near the Bosphorus on August 30, 2014, at Eminonu, in Istanbul. AFP PHOTO/BULENT KILIC (Photo credit should read BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Suriye Türkiye’ye feribot seferlerini durdurdu

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

An Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra fighter talks on a walkie-talkie while carrying his weapon on Al-Khazan frontline of Khan Sheikhoun, northern Idlib province May 17, 2014. REUTERS/Hamid Khatib (SYRIA - Tags: CIVIL UNREST MILITARY POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTR3PMA6

Nusra Cephesi İdlib’de İslami emirlik kurmayı hedefliyor

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

Election posters of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad hang along a street and on buildings in Latakia city May 24, 2014. Syria is holding an election in June that looks all but certain to give President Bashar al-Assad a third seven-year term. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT CIVIL UNREST ELECTIONS) - RTR3QO2K

Suriyeli Aleviler Esad’a karşı sessizliğini bozuyor

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SAMMY KETZ
A memorial bearing the portraits of soldiers from the city of Tartus, who died during the Syrian conflict, is seen on a wall in the city northwest of Damascus on May 18, 2014. Tartus has itself largely escaped the conflict in Syria, but posters of its sons killed fighting for the regime elsewhere in the country line the western city's main road. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

İD ve Nusra Cephesi rejim bölgelerine yaklaşırken Aleviler tetikte

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY SAMMY KETZ
The portrait of a Syrian soldier, who died during the Syrian conflict, is seen at the Martyr's cemetery of the city of Tartus northwest of Damascus on May 18, 2014. Tartus has itself largely escaped the conflict in Syria, but posters of its sons killed fighting for the regime elsewhere in the country line the western city's main road. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH EID (Photo credit should read JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)

Artan ölümler Suriyeli Alevileri ürkütüyor

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

A fishmonger cleans fish at a wet market in Latakia city May 25, 2014. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA - Tags: FOOD BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - RTR3QRGH

Suriye’nin sahil bölgesi savaştan kaçan Haleplilere kucak açtı

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus

Smoke rises after what activists said was shelling by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in the village of Dourit, in Latakia countryside August 17, 2013. Picture taken August 17, 2013. REUTERS/Khattab Abdulaa (SYRIA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX12PMS

Suriyeli Aleviler, Rejimle Muhalefet Arasında Bocalıyor

A correspondent in Damascus

A correspondent in Damascus