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From Calais Gas Stove to London Kitchen: A Syrian Refugee Chef’s Story
Imad Alarnab owned two restaurants in Damascus before being forced to flee for Europe, where he spent two months in a Calais camp cooking with one knife and a tiny stove. Now in London, he wants to share the food of his homeland.
Is This The Next Aleppo?
Residents of this Damascus suburb worry they could be the next tragedy in Syria.
How Syrian Bakers Are Making Bread Against All Odds
Even in a time of war, Syrians' high standards for bread are uncompromising. Bakers have implemented unique techniques to provide the daily bread under conflict.
The battle for Syria's Aleppo just went through a chaotic 48 hours
Syrian rebels cut the main supply route to the part of the city held by the regime, and Assad's army is fighting back hard.
The Syrian military just extended a ceasefire, but Syrians are still dying
The previous truce came and went with no noticeable decrease in violence across the country, and government forces are advancing in Aleppo.
The Syrian army is using bombs to cut the only road into rebel-held Aleppo
The Syrian army used artillery to advance closer to Aleppo's strategically important Castello Road, bringing government forces closer to their long-standing objective of encircling rebel-held areas of Aleppo.
Jordanian spies stole CIA weapons intended for Syrian rebels
Some of the stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November that killed two Americans and three others at a police training facility in Amman.
Syrian rebels kill 7 in shelling of Kurdish neighborhood in Aleppo
Rebels have said in the past that their attacks on the Kurdish-held Sheikh Massoud neighborhood were in response to attempts by Kurdish militiamen to cut the only road into rebel-held Aleppo.
Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Bombing Near Shiite Shrine in Damascus
State television showed debris, mangled cars and wrecked shops in a main commercial thoroughfare near the Sayeda Zeinab shrine in a Damascus suburb.