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11/29/2018 8:11:29 PM
The US has announced it will keep its forces in Syria indefinitely as part of the war against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups in the region, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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11/24/2018 12:13:51 PM
The world’s leading powers are battling over Syria’s new constitution, with Russia insisting it should be based on the Astana Process and the US wanting to see it supervised by the UN, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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11/9/2018 3:36:27 PM
The band's music includes a unique combination of instruments such as bass guitar, qanun, violin, saxophone, accordion, and oud
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11/8/2018 11:16:17 PM
A new UN envoy to Syria begins his tenure next month, with the challenges awaiting him being close to insoluble, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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11/6/2018 3:33:09 PM
The Palestinian composer and oud-player will perform tracks from her new album Kouni, and her first album, Mars Back and Forth, at the Goethe Institute in Cairo on 12 November
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11/4/2018 9:32:02 AM
Various meetings on the Syrian crisis took place in October, but with few if any results, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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10/26/2018 5:49:10 PM
UN Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura will step down at the end of November, with his personal failure to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis being added to that of the UN, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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10/19/2018 8:17:14 PM
The US has said it will maintain a military presence in Syria until further notice, thus putting a political solution out of reach, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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10/12/2018 6:07:14 PM
The line-up of a newly formed Mosaic quintet includes French horn, oud or qanoun, piano, double bass and percussion.
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10/5/2018 7:12:31 PM
The US has renewed its commitment to a political solution in Syria, but it is still doing nothing to bring one about, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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9/29/2018 5:27:10 PM
Russia is working to return the Syrian refugees to their country, but few have returned in the absence of a political solution to the conflict, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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9/29/2018 1:21:45 PM
Playing arrangements of the Arabic and Western compositions, the Mosaic ensemble includes French horn, piano percussion, double bass, oud and qanun
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9/15/2018 12:10:38 PM
The summit between Russia, Iran and Turkey on Syria failed to find a solution to conflicting interests, with hundreds of thousands of civilians likely to pay the price, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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9/10/2018 6:46:37 PM
Ghassan Al-Youssef and Dina Abdel-Hamid are Egypt's well known oud players
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9/1/2018 10:26:08 AM
Russia and the Syrian regime have been encouraging the return of the Syrian refugees to their country, though the latter can have little confidence in either, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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8/17/2018 4:46:31 PM
The Islamic State group has attacked a Druze region in southern Syria, raising questions as to who is benefiting from its revival
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8/15/2018 9:15:57 PM
Three million opposition lives are in danger in Idlib, a strategic area for international players in the Syrian crisis, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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8/5/2018 5:49:27 PM
Talal Maddah was a singer and oud player, referred to as 'The Earth's Voice'
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7/25/2018 8:00:22 PM
Israel was strongly present at the recent US-Russia summit in Helsinki, showing its determination to decide Syria’s military and political fate, writes Bassel Oudat in Damascus
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7/19/2018 8:16:01 PM
Russia is expanding its military control of Syria in preparation for what may be a US-backed Russian takeover of the country as a whole
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