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Syria’s defence ministry opens applications for Assad-era troops
Syria’s defence ministry has opened applications for Assad-era soldiers to enlist in the army, reaching across former enemy ...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani has attended a U_N_ Security Council briefing, raising his country’s new flag at the ...
Insight: Minutes to leave: Syria's Alawites evicted from private homes at gunpoint
Early one evening in late January, 12 masked men stormed the Damascus home of Um Hassan's family, pointed AK-47 assault ...
AP PHOTOS: Land mines still claim lives in post-Assad Syria
Land mines and other unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat across Syria, causing widespread casualties ...
Between censorship and chaos: Syrian artists wary of new regime
Directors, writers and actors who had to appease censors in the regime of former Syrian President Bashar Assad, now face a ...
Unknown individuals steal remains of ex-Syrian president Hafez Assad
Images and videos circulating on social media showed the site heavily damaged and burnt. A large pit was visible where the ...
Netanyahu says Israeli planes intercepted Iranian ones sent to rescue embattled Syrian leader Assad
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says warplanes last year intercepted Iranian aircraft headed toward Syria in a bid to rescue the country’s embattled president at the time, Bashar Assad ...
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How Assad Lost Syria in Just 12 Days
Assad's regime collapsed in just 12 days, ending over five decades of authoritarian rule in Syria. A swift and coordinated ...
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Syria's Kurds call for a democratic state that protects their ethnic rights
QAMISHLI, Syria — Representatives of Kurdish groups in Syria called Saturday for a democratic state that gives the country’s Kurds their ethnic rights after the fall of Bashar Assad.