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First Eid Adha Prayer Performed in Post-Assad Damascus
Syria celebrated Eid al-Adha on Friday for the first time since the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in December.
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Assad advisor says Syria war nearing its end
U.S. President Donald Trump has ended CIA support to rebel groups fighting to topple Assad. Turkey, long one of the main ...
A Syrian Committee for Civil Peace Angers Those Demanding Justice
Syria’s new leaders founded a group that cooperates with former Assad supporters to foster stability. It has set off a ...
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Bashar al-Assad Assumes Presidency
Barbara Plett reports for the BBC that Bashar al-Assad officially becomes president of Syria today. Al-Assad takes the oath before parliament as president of Syria after winning an overwhelming ...
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Six months after al-Assad's fall: Syria's tightrope walk to unity
Syria's long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad was overthrown after years of brutal civil war. More than five decades of ...
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This family in Syria has kept the centuries-old tradition of Sufi whirling dervishes alive
The Al-Kharrat family in Syria has kept the tradition of Sema, or the dance of the whirling dervishes, alive for decades.