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An actress has her make-up applied before the filming of a scene in an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" in old Damascus
An actress has her make-up applied before the filming of a scene in an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" (Baggage - Pack Your Bags), directed by Al-Laith Hajjo, at the set location in old Damascus July 6, 2014. As conflict continues in Syria, the group of actors is literally risking their lives to bring drama to television screens. Like many Syrian dramas filmed over the last three years, the TV series focuses on the life of a Syrian family living through the war. Picture taken July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA CONFLICT SOCIETY)
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" in old Damascus
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" (Baggage - Pack Your Bags), directed by Al-Laith Hajjo, at the set location in old Damascus July 6, 2014. As conflict continues in Syria, the group of actors is literally risking their lives to bring drama to television screens. Like many Syrian dramas filmed over the last three years, the TV series focuses on the life of a Syrian family living through the war. Picture taken July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA CONFLICT SOCIETY)
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" in old Damascus
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" (Baggage - Pack Your Bags), directed by Al-Laith Hajjo, at the set location in old Damascus July 6, 2014. As conflict continues in Syria, the group of actors is literally risking their lives to bring drama to television screens. Like many Syrian dramas filmed over the last three years, the TV series focuses on the life of a Syrian family living through the war. Picture taken July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA CONFLICT SOCIETY)
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" in old Damascus
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" (Baggage - Pack Your Bags), directed by Al-Laith Hajjo, at the set location in old Damascus July 6, 2014. As conflict continues in Syria, the group of actors is literally risking their lives to bring drama to television screens. Like many Syrian dramas filmed over the last three years, the TV series focuses on the life of a Syrian family living through the war. Picture taken July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA CONFLICT SOCIETY)
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" in old Damascus
Actors perform in a scene during the filming of an episode of Syrian TV series "Al-Haqaeb - Dhubou al-Shanatee" (Baggage - Pack Your Bags), directed by Al-Laith Hajjo, at the set location in old Damascus July 6, 2014. As conflict continues in Syria, the group of actors is literally risking their lives to bring drama to television screens. Like many Syrian dramas filmed over the last three years, the TV series focuses on the life of a Syrian family living through the war. Picture taken July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki (SYRIA - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MEDIA CONFLICT SOCIETY)
Iraqi Christians' flee violence, fear end of long history
Few Christians remaining are fleeing Islamic State militants, even abandoning the safer Kurdish region