The Damascus Book Fair Draws Crowds, with Censorship Eased in Post-Assad Syria

The Associated Press
11:00 JST,
February 17, 2026
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Abdul-Razzaq Ahmad Saryoul began publishing books in Syria in 2003 but he used to abstain from participating in the annual International Damascus Book Fair because of tight measures by the country’s security agencies and bans on many books under Bashar Assad’s rule.
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