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...The 29-year-old fighter, currently undergoing pre-deployment training in the Syrian city of Homs, was told he would “fight with the Libyan army” and that “a Russian company” would sponsor the mission, though...
...The Stroytransgaz-GFC deal at the Homs plant began in April, although it has been a difficult start....
...“I went to both Damascus and Homs, and it was quiet and felt safe. But it remains unclear how we can do business there given the western sanctions on Syrian oil.”...
...Additional reporting by Asser Khattab in Beirut, Kathrin Hille in Moscow, Mehreen Khan in Brussels and Henry Mance in London...
...Shayrat is one of Syria’s largest airbases, 45km east of Homs city....
...It was Emmy Award-winning coverage: a report from Syria showing the devastation of the city of Homs....
...Steve Jobs’s biological father, Abdulfattah “John” Jandali, is from Homs, in Syria, where he was born into a prominent and wealthy Sunni family....
...“There are no more observers in Homs as far as I know,” said an activist in the besieged city of Homs reached on Skype....
...“Buyers in Hong Kong like to ‘see the value’,” says Henry Howard-Sneyd, Sotheby’s vice-chairman of Asian art in New York....
...Ken Hom’s books include ‘Simple Chinese Cookery’ and ‘Foolproof Asian Cookery’ …………………….....
...I’m also keen to start Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (Penguin). How do you like to get there? Where holidays are concerned, my children are bizarrely attached to very early starts....
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