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My freedom

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February 27th 2011
It’s a small thing and I shouldn’t complain. Others have real threats to their freedom, and my little story is only an inconvenience. It's just disappointing. I thought I had discovered the perfect biking and running route: head out of my house and down the hill, run a kilometre along the highway, then 3 km straight uphill and 3 down, a lovely wide road, no potholes, very little traffic on a H ... read more

Middle East » Syria » South » Damascus

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Following the breakup of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Syria was administered by the French until independence in 1946. In the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Syria lost the Golan Heights to Israel. Syrian troops - stationed in Lebanon since 1976 in ... ... read more