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[People] Homs, Syria: Looking for OFWs in a Shattered City by Walden Bello by hronlineph.com on Mar 26, 2012Homs, Syria: Looking for OFWs in a Shattered City. By Walden Bello, INQUIRER.net March 24, 2012 If any city has become emblematic of Syria’s version of the “Arab Spring,” it is Homs. This city, an opposition stronghold, was subjected to a 26-da...

[In the news] Malacanang to Pinoys in Syria: Let us take you home- InterAksyon.com by hronlineph.com on Jan 3, 2012Malacanang to Pinoys in Syria: Let us take you home Philippine News Agency and Eric Apolonio, InterAksyon.com January 2, 2012  MANILA, Philippines – Malacanang has reiterated its appeal to over 4,000 Filipinos who are still in Syria to heed th...

21 OFWs arrived last night from Syria by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on Sep 23, 2011The Philippine Embassy in Damascus reported that 21 Filipinos are expected to arrive from Syria onboard a Qatar Airways flight last night in light of the Philippine government’s raising of alert level 3 (voluntary repatriation) in said country.On S...

Voluntary Repatriation of OFWs in Syria under Crisis Alert level 3 by PNoy News & Philippines Latest News Update on Aug 17, 2011An August 17, 2011 press release by the Department of Foreign AffairsThe Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised the crisis alert level in Syria to alert level 3, in light of the continuing political tension in said country and as a precautionary...

Statement of the Foreign Affairs Secretary on the situation in Syria by on Aug 16, 2011Join our community now! www.talkph.net In view of the escalating violence in Syria, the Department of Foreign Affairs will be raising Alert Level 3... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

Syrian Sheik Osama Al-Rifa’i Slams Syrian Regime in a Damascus Friday Sermon by Philippines on Jun 20, 2011Al-Jazeera TV (Qatar) – Duration: 04:41 – June 17, 2011 View full post on MEMRI TV Clips Share with your friends:...

Assad loyalists show support in Damascus by Philippines on Jun 15, 2011June 15 – In a show of support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, thousands of people lined the main street in Damascus on Wednesday as a 2,300-meter long and 18-meter wide national flag of Syria was unfurled. Jon Decker reports. View full p...

Wired: Macs in Damascus, Hasan the local 'Mac Guru' by is yours on the list? on Apr 9, 2008Wired.com's story, The Mac Guru of Damascus in the Case of the Missing Laptops, is about Eric Umansky's experience losing his MacBook and his fiancée's MBP in Syria to a break in. Before my fiancée and I headed to Syria to study Arabic,