One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again
A transformation has started to take place in the week since the unexpected overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar Assad.
Syrians protest after ‘old’ video showing attack on Alawite shrine circulates online
Syria’s new Islamist-led authorities said the footage was “old” and that “unknown groups” were behind the attack, saying ...
Old wounds and new energy in Syria's 'capital of the revolution'
Her two sisters, Ala and Jana, nod in agreement as we sit, squeezed together on this cold winter's day, on an old lumpy sofa ...
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US officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that led ...
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 ...
Damascus is surprisingly calm a week after Syria's rebels took over
Just a week after President Bashir al-Assad's regime was toppled by the Islamist HTS rebel group, people were going about ...
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Syria Authorities Say Alawite Shrine Attack Is 'Old', Dates To Takeover Of Aleppo
The footage showing "the storming and attack" of the shrine in Aleppo is "old and dates to the time of the liberation" of the northern Syrian city by Islamist-led rebels earlier this month, an ...
After a decade in Turkey, a Syrian refugee rushes to return home, but reality hits
The moment he arrived home to Syria from Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem held his sister in a tight embrace, tears streaming down ...
From tyranny to triumph: Syria’s liberation revives my family’s dream of democracy
For my family, with its deep connection to Syria’s democratic past and its painful history under the Assad regime, the ...
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City that fostered Syria’s uprising celebrates life without Assad
In 2011, as the Arab Spring took hold across the Middle East, the seeds of Syria's revolution were sown by students and young ...
Syria's minorities seek security as country charts new future
Suweida had a quasi-autonomous status under Assad, and the Druze want that to continue. It is just one example of the ...
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One week into a new Syria, rebels aim for normalcy and Syrians vow not to be silent again
This was the first week of Syria’s transformation after Assad ... At a sidewalk café in the historic Old City’s Christian quarter, men were drinking beer when a fighter patrol passed ...