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‘I Have These Dreams Where I Go Back.’ Dad And Daughter Mourn A Syria They Once Knew

OpEds Israeli air force pilots are seen inside the cockpit of a F15 aircraft during "Blue Flag", an aerial exercise hosted by Israel. Tel Aviv routinely sends her Air Force over disputed areas in the Middle East, and over Syrian territory in a longstanding policy of illegal provocations and aggressions.   How Russia responds to Israels attacks on Iranian targets inside Syria could make all the difference as to whether the region boils over into full-scale war or continues to simmer at its curr...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. A Kentuckycollege is scheduled to host an event critical of Donald Trump and associating the former president and "white citizenship" with terrorism. A flyer obtained by Young Americas Foundation (YAF) describes the event as a way to "resituate Trumpism and white citizenship as forms of white terrorism enacted against the majority of people living within the borders of the U.S. and beyond." Titled "White citizensh...

Magda Sakaan and her father, Walid, shared memories at StoryCorps in 2019 of their time in Syria prior to the war there. Eleanor Vassili Walid Sakaan last visited his home country of Syria in 2010. In 1966, he moved to the U.S. at the age of 21 and settled in Memphis where he raised his family. His daughter, Magda, was in her 20s when she left Memphis for Aleppo, where her father, Walid, was born and raised. When the Syrian civil war began 10 years ago this month, Magda headed back...

Tales of this Time, which was published in 2014, and Good morning Lovelies, published in 2020. Youssef lives in Berlin. SyriaUntold originally published this piece in Arabic here.  It is hard to introduce an interview conducted with a figure we love, let alone a figure we consider an idol. I don’t know what prompted me to request an interview with Randa Baath. I was fully aware it would be difficult for both of us, due to the special bond I have with her and her family, but I decided to mov...

Update: Bagley Road standoff in Berea ends (Source: WOIO) By Julia Bingel | March 12, 2021 at 11:17 AM EST - Updated March 12 at 9:36 PM BEREA, Ohio (WOIO) - Berea police confirmed the standoff on Bagley road came to an end Friday afternoon. Police surrounded a home on Bagley Road Friday, March 12, 2021. (Source: WOIO) The standoff began around 10 am; police had several streets blocked off during the incident. Police gave no details on how the incident ended. Copyright 2021 WOIO. All r...

Bay Area chefs still having fun with new fried chicken sandwiches. Here are 6 to try Omar Mamoon FacebookTwitterEmail Nightburger’s fried chicken sandwich.Omar Mamoon Just when it seems we’ve been there and done that with the fried chicken sandwich — didn’t we peak with Popeye’s 2019 hot take? — Bay Area chefs are rolling out more signature styles from extra hot and sour versions on Dutch crunch buns to those using chicken thighs first brined in pickles for 48 hours. Of course, frie...

Caritas confederation: Serving ten million people in ten years of war Format The war in Syria will be ten years old on 15th March 2021. The Caritas Confederation has served more than 1 million Syrians annually over the past 10 years as they faced bombings, hunger and one of the most complex humanitarian crises in the world. It has supported communities through programmes on shelter, food, education, health, protection, livelihoods, water and sanitation, among other activities. Twenty-two Carita...

Photo provided. When the Black Lives Matter movement shook the world last summer, conversations about injustice and inequality often turned to institutions in the public eye, such as government, police, and schools.  But there was also a reckoning facing another industry: classical music. Why were so many textbooks and courses lacking in content about BIPOC composers? How much music had been lost because of their creator’s identity? And how could meaningful work be done to ensure that cultur...

Update Given On Roads Affected By November, 2020 Flooding WHKY File Photo March 11, 2021 Flooding on November 12, 2020, caused 16 Alexander County roads to be closed for repairs. As of the most recent update, which was presented at this month’s Alexander County Commissioners meeting, 13 roads were still closed. The update was given by Public Information Officer Gary Herman. Herman told Commissioners he has been in close contact with North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Division...