Road to Russia football fever unites war-divided Syrians

Damascus (AFP) – For the first time in Syria’s conflict, sport has come to the defence of the deeply-fractured country’s unity, with regime backers and foes alike dreaming of World Cup 2018 qualification. All eyes and ears will be on Tuesday night’s game away to Iran, the government’s ally in the six-year conflict but a barrier to Syria’s target of making its World Cup finals debut next year in Russia, another close war ally. For residents of rebel-held areas of Syria as well as those under government control and in the autonomy-seeking Kurdish territories, triumph in Tehran would bring a

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