Happy Christmas to all Syria News Wire readers

Happy Christmas to all readers across the Arab World and beyond.

Midnight Mass is taking place right now in the churches of Bab Touma. And the bells are ringing across the Old City of Damascus.

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1 norman // Dec 25, 2005 at 7.00 am

Isn,t this church in kassaa,i used to live there during my univercity years at the medical school and it looks familier ,I think it is across the street from the French hospital.
2 norman // Dec 25, 2005 at 7.02 am

Marry Christmas and happy new year SASA ,I realy enjoy your post ,Thank you.

RT @Umm_Issa: Also interesting to see how many Zionists have twibbons supporting the Syrian uprising. They love all the fitna in the M.E ...

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