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Razan Zeitouneh (photo: AFP Archive)

Human Rights Activist Razan Zeitouneh Kidnapped

Syria's Fearless Dissident

For some two decades, the lawyer, recipient of the Sakharov Prize, and head of the Centre for Documentation of Violations in Syria has tirelessly fought against the Assad dictatorship. Together with three other activists, she has recently been kidnapped in Syria. Details by Albert KadirMore

Russia, the US and the Syrian Civil War: A Bloody Game of ChessThe German NGO "Adopt a Revolution": Planning for a Postwar SyriaInterview with Sadiqu Al-Mousllie "The Murderous Assad Regime Must Be Stopped"
Demonstrators burn a poster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad outside the Syrian Embassy in Nicosia (photo: dapd)

The Syrian Uprising

A People on the Brink

Media campaigns, machinations, a divided opposition, mistrust and a battle of egos. The Syrian regime is pitting citizen against citizen, and the danger of civil war is becoming increasingly acute. Albert Kadir reports from DamascusMore

After the Veto of the UN Resolution: Syria on the Brink of Civil WarSyria's Minorities and the Uprising against the Regime: In Assad's FortressThe Opposition in Syria: A Multitude of UprisingsThe Syrian Uprising: A People on the Brink

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. Rawabi opened its doors to the first residents a year ago. Today, there are around 1,200 residents, but more are expected to move in the next months as the first school opens in September

Rawabi - the West Bank's first planned city

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