How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
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How Syria’s rebel leader went from radical jihadist to a blazer-wearing ‘revolutionary’
His mission was to establish Al Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate ... He told PBS in 2021 that he had no desire to wage war against Western nations. In the years that followed, Jolani replaced his ...
Syria’s New Leader Calls on Countries to Drop Terror Designation and Lift Sanctions
Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...
How Many People Have Died in Syria’s Civil War?
The United Nations and human rights organizations have faced challenges in counting all those killed and missing in the conflict that began in March 2011.
Syrian mass graves expose "machinery of death" under Assad, top prosecutor says
An international war crimes prosecutor said on Tuesday that evidence emerging from mass grave sites in Syria has exposed a ...
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Syria's 13-year civil war: Timeline of key events since 2011 - What you should know
The ongoing Syrian civil war, which began in 2011 ... known as the "Caesar Act," aiming to pressure the Assad regime. May 2021: Assad was re-elected for a fourth term as president of Syria ...
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Syria under Assad: Torment and torture
Syria was home to one of the first ... a former U.S. ambassador for war crimes issues, told 60 Minutes in 2021. "I mean, this is a top down, organized effort. There are documents with his names ...
What next for Syria? The danger of violence in post-war transitions
History tells us that where a fragmented coalition of armed groups finds itself in a political vacuum, more violence is ...
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar al Assad issues first statement since fall of regime
A lightning rebel advance this month ended more than 50 years of Assad family rule, sparking jubilant scenes on the streets ...
Uyghur fighters in Syria vow to come for China next
The Turkistan Islamic Party says its main mission to ‘liberate the Muslims of East Turkistan from the Chinese occupation’ ...
Who was in ousted Syrian President Assad’s inner circle and where are they now?
After insurgents toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad this month, many senior officials and members of his dreaded ...
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Syria’s Civil War: The Descent Into Horror
and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hold a news conference in Vienna in 2015 amid frustrated efforts to find a political solution to Syria’s civil war. Brendan Smialowski/Reuters A woman ...