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A View of Syria, Under Government Crackdown
VOA Middle East correspondent Elizabeth Arrott visited Damascus in January. She took these images while traveling through the city with government escorts.
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Christians and Muslims at a meeting with Arab League monitors in Damascus, Jan. 17, 2012. (E. Arrott/VOA)
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Arab League monitors tour police operations, in a mission criticized as largely ineffective. Damascus, Jan. 15, 2012. (E. Arrott/VOA)
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A tribute to Basil Al Assad, the president's brother and the son first groomed to take over from his father. In Damascus, Jan. 17, 2012. (E. Arrott/VOA)
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Pro-government singer Rami Kazour prepares for a rally in Damascus, Jan. 14, 2012. (E. Arrott/VOA)