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Diana Darke’s brilliant history of medieval architecture reveals the extent of Islamic influence on the foundational phase of ...

A little-known armed group called Saraya Ansar al-Sunna has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on a Damascus church that killed 25 people.

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