Damascus NightsDespair and Debauchery in Assad’s Capital

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Even as war rages around them, residents of Damascus, the capital of Bashar Assad’s Syria, seek to tune out the violence. The city’s nightlife has blossomed as the country’s Russian-backed military has pushed back the front. Those dissidents that remain have been forced into hiding.

By Fritz Schaap  and Christian Werner (Photos)

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/life-in-wartime-damascus-as-syria-collapses-a-1125546.html

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