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Syria detains Damascus-based leader of prominent Palestinian faction
Syrian authorities have detained a prominent Damascus-based Palestinian official whose group was close to the government of ...
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For Assad's Sect in Syria, the Payback Keeps Coming
The Alawite sect of Shiite Islam thrived under the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, though it accounts for only 10% of the ...
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First The Alawites, Now The Druze — Post-Assad Syria Is Doomed If It Can’t Protect Religious Minorities
Just weeks after the massacres targeting the Alawite community, Druze populations are now being attacked by armed groups — ...
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UN envoy urges Israel to halt Syria attacks 'at once'
United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria "at once", after it carried out ...
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 ...
‘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, ...
Stars and Stripes5h
UN envoy condemns intense wave of Israeli airstrikes on Syria
HARASTA, Syria — The United Nations special envoy for Syria on Saturday condemned an intense wave of Israeli airstrikes as ...
Maine Public12d
With Assad gone and Syria's war over, the White Helmets have a new mission
DAMASCUS, Syria — When a dozen firefighters showed up within minutes to douse a mattress that accidentally caught fire on the ...
The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN10d
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 ...
New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad’s fall
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani raised his country’s new flag at the United Nations headquarters in New York and to ...
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Syria’s first wheat shipment since al-Assad ouster points to recovery
A ship carrying wheat has arrived in Syria’s Latakia port, the first such delivery since former President Bashar al-Assad was ...
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With Assad gone and Syria's war over, the White Helmets have a new mission
But with Assad's ouster on Dec. 8, a convoy of White Helmets rolled south from Syria's rebel-held northwest, into the heart of the capital. "I felt joy, grief and shock all jumbled together ...