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Syria's Druze avoided the worst of the 14-year civil war — and want little to do with new rulers
It’s been six months since longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was toppled following a stunning rebel offensive that saw ...
A Syrian Death Factory Gives Up its Secrets
Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine. Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya ...
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US revokes terror label for Syria’s HTS after it toppled Assad; Christian group decries 'injustice'
The United States government has revoked its designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as a foreign terrorist organization, seven ...
How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria
Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to ...
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From Aleppo in ruins to a tank cemetery in Deir ez-Zor: Syria seven months after Assad’s fall
It has been seven months since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in Syria, thrusting the country into a new era after 54 ...
The Times of Israel on MSN17h
Saudi, Syrian figures visit Knesset to talk up chances for normalization
Syrian activist Shadi Martini tells lobby new president called peace with Israel a 'unique opportunity'; Gulf journalist ...
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US revokes ‘terror’ label for Syria President-led HTS. What it means for diplomatic landscape in West Asia
Ahmed al-Sharaa led HTS, considered a jihadist group for years. Now, he has replaced Assad as Syria’s new president. And he ...
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US revokes terror label for Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which toppled Assad
Measure comes amid warming ties between Damascus and Washington, which seeks to reintegrate war-battered country into global ...
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What U.S. Diplomats Thought After Meeting Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-Statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa
Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in ...
Syrian asylum seeker says freeze on claims 'like slowly dying'
A Syrian woman has said waiting to find out whether she can stay and work in the UK has been like "slowly dying". The UK government paused Syrian asylum and settlement claims on 9 December, the day ...
Trump administration revokes foreign terrorist designation for Syria's HTS
Washington's move follows the lifting of sanctions on Damascus after the ouster of the al-Assad government in December in a ...
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From Aleppo in ruins to the Deir ez-Zor's last bridge: Syria seven months after Assad’s fall
It has been seven months since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in Syria, thrusting the country into a new era after 54 ...