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Commentary: A rebel leader has done in Syria what world powers and the UN could not
THE MAKEOVER Around 2015, we watched as Jolani began to distance himself from the Islamic State’s brand of global jihadist…
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Commentary: The fall of Bashar al-Assad is unlikely to lead to peace in Syria
INITIALLY TRIUMPHANT Many analysts argued that Assad had won the Syrian civil war by 2018, and the US under Donald…
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Freed Syria prison sparks hope and heartbreak
“HE WAS ALIVE” Many remain convinced they are in secret underground dungeons. The White Helmets, a rescue organisation, said they…
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Syria’s rebels work to form government, restore order after Assad ouster
“FREEDOM, EQUALITY, RULE OF LAW” Some insurgent fighters who milled about the capital on Monday, clustering in the central Umayyad…
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US seeking ways to engage with Syrian rebel groups after Assad ouster
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is seeking ways to engage with Syrian rebel groups who ousted President Bashar al-Assad and is…
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Uncertainty reigns amid power vacuum in Syria after the collapse of the Assad regime
“It’s a hopeful moment for Syria, after a long, brutal dictatorship… but there is also an awful lot of uncertainty…
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Germany and Austria freeze Syrian asylum applications, local media report
The decision comes as millions of refugees are now able to return to Syria following the fall of al-Assad’s regime.…
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Syria’s Assad and his family are in Moscow – Russian news agencies
MOSCOW: Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities,…
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Syrian rebels topple President Assad, Russia says he left the country
US TO MAINTAIN PRESENCE Syria’s civil war, which erupted in 2011 as an uprising against Assad’s rule, dragged in a…
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Syria rebels’ lightning offensive: 11 days to the fall of Damascus
DEC 5 The rebels captured Hama, Syria’s fourth largest city, after days of fierce fighting with Assad’s forces. Syrian rebel…
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