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Syria phone shops free from Assad-linked monopoly / 36U37H6
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"We were at risk of getting arrested at any moment over a mobile phone," says Mustafa Khalayli, a mobile phone shopkeeper. Before president Bashar al-Assad was ousted last month, his security forces would raid the central Damascus district where dozens of mobile stores operate in search of phones without the Emmatel company logo, an Assad-linked company that monopolised the market. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES