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The fall of symbols: Toppling Hafez al-Assad’s largest statue in Syria
For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...
Leader of rebels who toppled Syria’s Assad is named country’s interim president
Former rebels now controlling Syria name an interim president and throw out the constitution adopted under Assad, saying a ...
Middle East latest: Israeli strike kills at least 10 people in the West Bank, officials say
Palestinian health authorities said an Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank killed at least 10 people late Wednesday, ...
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No going back as post-Assad Syria enters a new era after five decades of terror
During a visit to Syria, after Assad's fall, Shahira Salloum, managing editor of Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, reflects on Syria's ...
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EU Cautiously Agrees Roadmap to Ease Sanctions on Syria in Wake of Assad’s Downfall
European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed to begin lifting sanctions on Syria, while insisting that the measures ...
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A Witness in Assad’s Dungeons
A few days after the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled into exile, in December, an elderly woman sat on the sidewalk ...
Shock moment missing Austin Tice’s mother finds chilling clue in Syrian prison amid search for son held by Assad brutes
THE mom of a missing US journalist abducted by Assad’s savage regime has discovered a chilling clue about her son in a Syrian ...