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                    [Title] => Syrian president visits front on New Year's Eve
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Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to the front line of his country's civil war, spending New Year's Eve with his troops in a tense eastern Damascus neighborhood, state media said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-02 04:40:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1112591 [AuthorName] => Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1312919 [Title] => Syrian troops choke off rebels north of Damascus [Summary] =>

Syrian troops triumphantly swept through some of the last remaining opposition strongholds north of Damascus, including a much coveted ancient Christian hamlet, sending rebel fighters fleeing to nearby hills amid an ever tightening noose.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-15 06:32:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1112583 [AuthorName] => Albert Aji [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1264461 [Title] => Pope prays for 12 nuns abducted in Syria by rebels [Summary] =>

Pope Francis called yesterday for prayers for 12 Orthodox nuns who were taken by force from their convent in Syria by opposition fighters.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-05 04:11:40 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1620017 [AuthorName] => Nicole Winfield [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1250731 [Title] => Beleaguered Syrian Christians fear future [Summary] =>

Sami Amir is used to the deep echoing rumble of the Syrian army artillery pounding rebel positions on the outskirts of Damascus. It's the thump of mortars launched from an Islamist-controlled neighborhood that scares him to death.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-29 07:02:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1285732 [AuthorName] => Dusan Stojanovic [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1193621 [Title] => Syrian army attacks hills around Christian village [Summary] =>

Syrian troops launched an attack yesterday on hills overlooking a Christian-majority village near the capital Damascus, two days after rebel forces captured the ancient community, an activist group said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-10 05:43:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163274 [AuthorName] => Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1190001 [Title] => Activists: Syrian rebels take Christian village [Summary] =>

Rebels including al-Qaeda-linked fighters gained control of a Christian village northeast of the capital Damascus, Syrian activists said yesterday. Government media provided a dramatically different account of the battle suggesting regime forces were winning.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-09 05:15:11 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1370118 [AuthorName] => Jamal Halaby [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1186881 [Title] => Syrian Christians pray for peace in Syria [Summary] =>

Hundreds of Syrian Christians gathered Saturday at al-Zaitoun Cathedral in the capital Damascus to perform prayers for the peace of Syria and in rejection of a potential US military strike.

[DatePublished] => 2013-09-08 15:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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