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In Tartous, Fear and a Failing Economy
Considered Syria’s safest city, the coastal Alawite stronghold is slowly feeling the war’s pinch.
Sadek Abed Alrahman
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In Tartous, a Family Split By Politics
TARTOUS — Political and sectarian divisions created by Syria’s three-year conflict have affected most everyone in the country, even families far removed from the front lines.
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Rooting for the Rebels, From Inside Assad’s Camp
Mohammad, 25, is a Syrian soldier who supports the rebel opposition from his barracks in Bashar al-Assad’s army.
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With Two Sons in the Army, Saying a Prayer for Assad
TARTUS — In a small village on the Syrian coast, a shopkeeper in her 60s tends to her customers. She wears the shimmering black abaya prevalent in the countryside, wisps of gray hair protruding from her headscarf.