For a battered Syrian town, a decade of horrors hard to forget
Sham, on the outskirts of Damascus, saw the worst of Bashar al-Assad's rule: arbitrary detention, torture, famine, bombings, ...
Cafes Can’t Play Music, but the Water Taps Work: Life Under Syria’s Rebels
The Islamists who now lead Syria have ruled the city of Idlib for years. Residents say they imposed some strict laws, but ...
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Is rebel-stronghold Idlib a model for Syria’s future?
Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham has governed in Idlib, northwest Syria, since 2017. Now that the Assad regime has ...
Syria's new leader takes on an utterly broken nation: 'It's all ruins - where do we even start?'
The gutted carcasses of millions of homes, the signature of horrific firepower, Russian air strikes and Assad's barrel bombs, ...
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Syrian Insurgents Capture Four Towns, Push Toward Hama
Syria's largest city, and key towns in the northwest's Idlib province. Syrian opposition fighters at the arrivals gate of the Aleppo international airport, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. The insurgents ...
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Syria rebels launch major offensive in north-west and gain territory
The Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions said they had seized control of a number of towns ...
Islamist group running Syria has mixed record over governance in province, ruled with 'iron fist'
Sham, which toppled the regime of Bashar al-Assad, governed Syria's Idlib province with a mix of repression and pragmatism.
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Syrians rebuild Maaret al-Numan, symbol of war's devastation
Vegetation grows between crumbled walls and torn asphalt, and not a single street remains intact in Syria's Maaret al-Numan, ...
How will Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rule Syria? Its past offers clues
The Islamist rebels who ousted Bashar al-Assad ran a pragmatic and disciplined administration in the territory they ...