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Syrian rebels have taken parts of Aleppo. What does that mean for the war? NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with Dareen Khalifa of the International Crisis Group about Syrian rebels taking control of ...
Now Syria's war has reignited Rebels have rekindled Syria's war with a lightning offensive that seemed to come from nowhere. But multiple upheavals, beginning with the Gaza war last year, have ...
Seven months after the fall of Syria's former president Bashar al-Assad, FRANCE 24’s Wassim Nasr gained access to sites ...
The UN estimates that, between March 2011 and March 2021, Syria’s war killed 306,887 civilians. More than half of Syria’s pre-war population of 21 million was also displaced by the fighting.
Before the civil war, Aleppo was Syria’s largest city and its commercial hub. During the conflict, which began as a public uprising in 2011, it became one of the most dangerous places on earth.
ALEPPO, Syria — In this city’s ... Nearly 14 years of bloodletting had unleashed divisions and a sectarianism unknown to most Syrians before the war, Rahmo ... now controlled by rebels from ...
New graduation ceremonies for soldiers have divided observers over whether the Syrian army can produce competent military ...
The historic Baron Hotel in Syria's Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a revival, much like the city itself. Aleppo's old city, designated a UNESCO ...
Since the church bombing, some Christians have been afraid to meet for church. A group of Kurdish Christians who are ...
Areas within the Idlib province are still being developed, Abu Tarek explains, and, unlike under the Assad regime, it’s happening under a Sharia society. A new mall he frequents in Al-Dana has ...
And if they managed to do that in Aleppo, I think it's going to give them more - a better ability, a better chance to govern different parts of Syria as well. DEGGANS: Well, thank you so much for ...
And if they managed to do that in Aleppo, I think it's going to give them more - a better ability, a better chance to govern different parts of Syria as well. DEGGANS: Well, thank you so much for ...