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The midday matinee kicked off in 75-degree temperatures under cloudless skies, making it the seventh outdoor MLS Cup final played in temperatures of 70 degrees or higher.

Damascus has not seen the same degree of violence in Syria's decade-long civil war, creating a sense of stability among some of its residents, Ms Shahla said.

Until the 2020 election, some degree of platform responsibility existed, but there was no active promotion of real deliberation.

She has described left-wing students at Sussex University, where she gained degrees in computer systems and engineering, as the "spoiled, entitled, privileged metropolitan elite-in-training".

Turkey, Western powers and several Gulf Arab states have backed varying elements of the Syrian opposition to varying degrees during the conflict.