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To rebuild from war, Syrian firefighters work to rebuild trust — in each other
They were on opposite sides during Syria's civil war and now must do lifesaving work together. A makeshift brick wall divides ...
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How Assad Lost Syria in Just 12 Days – The Final Collapse
Assad's 24-year rule ended abruptly as a coalition of rebel forces, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), launched a rapid offensive that overwhelmed government defenses and captured Damascus within 12 ...
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 ...
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Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years? - CNN
Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more than five decades and his disappearance amid a lighting rebel advance ...
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 ...
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Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the Last of a Despotic Dynasty - MSN
Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...
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Assad has left Damascus, say senior army officers; Syria rebels say they are in capital - New York Post
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no ...
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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 ...