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As Syrian war grinds to a halt, Palestinian TV opens Damascus office
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Palestinian Authority’s television channel, Palestine TV, is joining in the broader Arab rehabilitation of the Assad regime in Syria as that country’s civil war draws to a close.
According to the Middle East Eye, the channel opened a “headquarters” in Damascus yesterday, the latest in a series of bureaus the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation recently launched in Beirut, Cairo and Tunis.
The Assad regime was suspended from the Arab League for its brutal crackdown on protests in 2011. That crackdown launched a seven-year war that caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands and displaced millions more.
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