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Assad flees to Russia; chemical weapons in Syria a 'top-tier priority': Updates
Assad and his family arrived in Russia, granted asylum "on humanitarian grounds," Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source. Rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ...
Al-Monitor18d
In Syria's devastated Jobar, cemetery comes alive for Eid
In 2018, an accord between Assad's government and opposition factions allowed fighters and their families to evacuate. After being forced out, Jobar's residents have returned for Eid al-Adha, the ...
Public Radio International19d
Survivors of Assad regime’s chemical attacks are demanding justice — and support
During the 13-year civil war in Syria, the forces loyal to ousted President Bashar al-Assad carried out some of the most horrific chemical attacks in recent history. One of them was in April 2018, in ...
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Missing reporter Austin Tice detained by Assad regime, documents show
June 2 (UPI) --Missing American journalist Austin Tice was imprisoned by the regime of the since-deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in 2012 with his whereabouts now not known, according to ...
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Kuwait, Syria discuss bilateral ties as al-Sharaa makes first visit since Assad's fall
Al-Sharaa’s visit is his first to Kuwait since taking office in January 2025, following the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in December. The visit reflects growing Arab engagement with Syria ...
The Washington Post24d
Syrian leader faces challenge of foreign militants who helped him win power
on thousands of foreign fighters to help overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship. Six months on, Sharaa is president, and the continued presence of those same Islamist militants, who came from ...
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Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall
In January, state media reported that intelligence officials in Syria’s post-Assad government thwarted a plan by IS to set off a bomb at a Shiite Muslim shrine south of Damascus. Al-Sharaa met ...
Associated Press25d
Islamic State group claims first attack on Syrian government forces since Assad’s fall
In January, state media reported that intelligence officials in Syria’s post-Assad government thwarted a plan by IS to set off a bomb at a Shiite Muslim shrine south of Damascus. Al-Sharaa met with ...
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ISIS claims first attack on Syrian government since fall of Assad regime
including one on government forces that an opposition war monitor described as the first on the Syrian army to be adopted by the extremists since the fall of Bashar Al Assad. In two separate ...
The New York Times27d
Crime Rings Plotted to Trade Cocaine for Syrian Weapons, Prosecutors Say
The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands. By Ephrat ...
Al-Monitor28d
Germany arrests Syrian accused of crimes under Assad
An alleged former Syrian prison guard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity under former president Bashar al-Assad, prosecutors said Tuesday. The man, ...