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PA opens new TV station in Damascus

The Palestinian Authority’s official TV station inaugurated its new headquarters in Damascus, a move that was seen as paving the way for normalizing ties with the Syrian regime.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation (PBC), the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) official news channel, opened its new headquarters Jan. 14 in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that the opening of the office in Damascus took place in the presence of prominent Palestinian, Syrian and Arab officials, artists, intellectuals, representatives of the PLO factions in Syria, a number of ambassadors, clerics, members of the People's Council of Syria and representatives of the Syrian Ministry of Information.

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