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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 ...
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Assad's tycoon cousin, Rami Makhlouf, forms militia on Syria's Alawite coast: What we know
Assad, said on social media he is working with former commander Suhail al-Hassan following the massacres of Alawites on the ...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall
Syria's foreign minister attended a U.N. Security Council briefing Friday after raising his country’s new flag at the ...
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David Miliband calls for international aid overhaul after Syria lessons learnt
International aid must be reorganised and kept away from potentially corrupt governments so it can reach those most in need, ...
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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 ...
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.
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN5d
Russia refuses to extradite fugitive dictator Bashar al-Assad to Syria’s new government
It is the first official confirmation that Russian authorities have denied the request from Damascus. Assad and his family ...
Agence France-Presse on MSN5h
Syrian-American Jews visit Damascus synagogue
A group of Syrian-American Jews prayed in a synagogue in Damascus on Tuesday, an AFP photographer reported, the latest such ...
‘I thought I’d died.’ How land mines are continuing to claim lives in post-Assad Syria
Since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December 2024, the number of land mine-related incidents has surged, ...