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World Service,25 Aug 2017,8 mins

Damascus Nightlife

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It's Saturday night, bars and pubs are busy, and loud music pumps out of nightclubs. BBC Arabic's Omar Abdel-Razek tells David Amanor about discovering a surprising side to life in the Syrian capital Damascus, where six years into the civil war a new nightlife has emerged. Image: barman pouring shots in Damascus Credit: BBC

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