#syria: Rampant Looting by Both Sides in #Damascus Countryside
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A destroyed street is seen in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as clashes continue between forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters on January 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP - STR). A destroyed street is seen in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo as clashes continue between forces loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and opposition fighters on January 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP - STR).
In the conflict-ridden #Damascus_Countryside, a practice known in colloquial Syrian Arabic as “taafish” is flourishing. Taafish, in Damascus slang, or tashwil in central and northern Syria, are from the Syrian-Arabic roots afsh and shwal – “furniture” (...)
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