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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Bashar al-Assad - The New York Times
How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria. Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in ...
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A look at Syria's growing pains half a year after opposition fighters took power
In Syria, it's been more than six months since Bashar al-Assad's regime was toppled by opposition fighters after decades in power and years of civil war. Jane Arraf covers Egypt, Iraq, and other parts ...
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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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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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 ...