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A fighter from the Free Syrian Army’s Al Majd Brigades digs a trench in the rebel held besieged area of Al-Marj in the eastern Ghouta of Damascus. — Reuters

Syrian regime forces press attack on Damascus outskirts

The Amnesty report said an average of 20-50 people were hanged each week at the Sednaya military prison north of Damascus. Between 5,000 and 13,000 people were executed at Sednaya in the four years after Syria’s popular uprising descended into civil war, it said.

Reveal the truth about executions, Amnesty tells Assad

A handout image released on Tuesday by Amnesty International shows the military-run Saydnaya prison, one of Syria’s largest detention centers located 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Damascus, in two distinct satellite pictures, one taken on March 3, 2010 (L) and the other of the same taken on September 18, 2016. — AFP

Assad regime hanged 13,000 in Syria ‘slaughterhouse’: Amnesty

Hammams have a long history in the Middle East and Turkey. — AFP

In Damascus, an old solution to water shortages: The hammam

A father mourns over the body of his 11-year-old son, Ahmad, who was reportedly killed along with a friend when a cluster bomb exploded in his backyard, at a makeshift morgue in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus, on Friday. — AFP

Clashes kill 9 near Damascus despite truce

Intimate film shows Syria in a fresh light

Intimate film shows Syria in a fresh light

Life in Douma revolves around rhythm of bombs

Life in Douma revolves around rhythm of bombs

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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Damascus blast

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After decades in Damascus, American says he’ll never leave

Aid trucks line a road before their departure for Damascus in this photo released Wednesday. — Reuters

Syria aid convoys prepare to head to besieged areas

A protester holds a petrol bomb and walks amidst tear gas during clashes in Istanbul between police forces and people protesting against security operations against Kurdish rebels in southeastern Turkey. — AP

Syria conflict takes Kurds toward autonomy

File photo: In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, Syrian security forces at the site where a car bomb exploded near the shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, background, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria. — AP

Bombs kill 45, wound 110 near Syria shrine

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Starving Syrian teen died in front of our eyes: UN agency

A Syrian man rides his motorbike past a damaged building covered with snow on January 1, 2016 in the central Syrian town of Talbisseh in the Homs province. — AFP

Rebels to cede heavy weapons in Homs deal

A convoy consisting of Red Cross, Red Crescent and United Nation (UN) gather before heading toward to Madaya from Damascus, and to Al-Foua and Kefraya in Idlib province, Syria, on Monday. — Reuters

Aid convoys head to besieged Syria towns

Syrian Abu Ziad sells cigarettes while sitting in front of his decades-old pickup truck in Damascus. Since his house on the outskirts of Damascus was destroyed two years ago, Abu Ziad’s old pickup truck has been not only his sole source of income but also his home. According to Syrian economic analyst Ammar Yussef, more than 2.3 million homes have been rendered uninhabitable across the country, displacing nearly seven million people by the end of 2015. — AFP

War-hit Syrians seek safety in cars, shells of buildings

Children walk on rubble near damaged buildings in Naemeh town located east of the city of Deraa, Syria December 22, 2015. — Reuters

Russia’s Syrian cynicism

A picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 20, 2015, shows Syrian pro-government forces standing guard next to a building, targeted by an Israeli air raid that killed a senior figure in the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah, Samir Qantar, in Jaramana, southeast of Damascus. — AFP

Lebanese militant leader killed in Syria blasts

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Bombardment of rebel bastion near Syria capital kills 28: monitor