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Syrian ministry releases promo video to try and boost tourism to war-torn country

The Syrian Ministry of Tourism has released a video titled Syria Always Beautiful, showing the Golden Sands Beach in the coastal city of Tartous. The beach is under the Syrian Government control, but the country has been engaged in civil war since August 2011, as the Free Syrian Army, ISIS and the Assads government all fight for control. The Syrian Ministry claims people entering the country has risen by 30% as of July 2016 compared to the year before, but it did not specify if those numbers were tourism related. Aug 30, 2016

France: Two Muslim women thrown out of restaurant by manager for wearing hijabs

One of the women videoed a restaurateur verbally abusing them and calling them terrorists.The video has been uploaded to Facebook by Karima AbdelRahman Bint Mohammed who claims to have been sent the video by a friend who is not on Facebook. She said that she wanted to post it to support her friend, and so that the action would not go unnoticed. Aug 29, 2016

Libyan forces advance into final IS-strongholds in Sirte

Libyan government forces close in on the last Islamic State militant holdouts in the coastal city of Sirte. The three-month-old campaign to reclaim the city has been backed by U.S. air strikes since the start of August. Aug 29, 2016

Syrias civil war: A timeline of the deadly conflict

Syrias civil war is extremely complex, starting with pro-democratic uprisings, the country descended into a full civil-war very fast. The was has led to 4.8 million fleeing the country and people becoming refugee and another 6.6 million that are now internally displaced. Aug 28, 2016
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