New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel
"Our problem is not with Israel. We don't want to meddle in anything that will threaten Israel's security," Damascus Governor ...
Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad's supporters kill 6 fighters
Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad's government killed six Islamic ...
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Cafes Can’t Play Music, but the Water Taps Work: Life Under Syria’s Rebels
It has paved roads, provided regular running water and electricity and repaired war damage — things that are lacking in the rest of Syria. A mural in Idlib painted earlier this year ...
Life in Idlib hints at what Syria can expect from rebel rule
But there were complaints of what was seen as heavy-handed rule by the authorities. When we visited earlier this week, ...
He toppled a dictator and traded fatigues for suits — Syria's new leader tries to reassure the U.S.
Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for ...
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Engaging With The New Syria: Risks and Opportunities
The critical question ahead is whether the incoming Trump administration can decipher the genuine intentions and motivations ...
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 ...
Foreign Affairs11d
How Turkey Won the Syrian Civil War
Despite those designations, Turkey has provided indirect assistance to HTS. The Turkish military presence in the northwestern Syrian town of Idlib largely shielded the group from attacks by Syrian ...
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Mapping who controls what in Syria
Syrian and Russian jets have ramped up air raids on Idlib and Aleppo as the government ... shifted the front line in Syria’s 13-year-long war. On November 27, Syrian opposition fighters, led ...