Syria’s new strongman isn’t living up to his promises for reform
Days before his troops overthrew the regime of Bashar Assad, Ahmad al-Sharaa declared that Syria deserves a system in which ...
‘There was blood everywhere.’ Sectarian killings ravage Syrian villages
Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents’ house — the hole left by the bullet when gunmen ...
Ethiopia’s civil war: what’s behind the Amhara rebellion?
The Fano insurgency is taking place in a territory three times the size of Tigray, stretching the army’s resources.
Thousands of Syria's Alawites flee as armed factions seek revenge
Some of the worst violence in years drives members of a minority sect linked to fallen Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to flee ...
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Kurds in Iraq and Syria celebrate the Newroz festival of spring at a time of new political horizons
Iraq (AP) — Kurds in Iraq and Syria ... into a civil war in 2011. Hundreds of Kurds packed into Shamdeen Square in the Roken al-Din neighborhood, the main Kurdish area in the Syrian capital, to light ...
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Syrian civil war
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 162 civilians were "executed" in a coastal region linked to ousted president Bashar al-Assad. A group that has been monitoring the civil war ...
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Syria: Germany reopens embassy in Damascus, 13 years after civil war shutdown
Before Germany, Italy reopened its embassy last year before the fall of Assad, and Spain reopened its embassy after his ouster. Germany reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday, 13 years after ...
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Training program for Syrian Civil Defence /White Helmets/ team concludes in Doha
The Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya) concluded the training program for the Syrian Civil Defence (White Helmets) team, supervised by the International Search and Rescue Group of the Internal ...
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‘A chance to build’: How Syrian civil society is making the country work
Discover the values that drive the story. The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the war between Hamas and Israel, and related articles. A deeper view that unites instead of divides ...
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Syria’s civil war cost electricity infrastructure $35B
Syria's electricity infrastructure has suffered $35 billion in damage during the nearly 14-year civil war, Electricity Minister Omar Shaqrouq said Wednesday. Shaqrouq told reporters that a five ...
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Restive nation: Editorial on the deeper challenges that lie ahead for Syria’s new rulers
The new Syrian administration’s challenges are complicated by the proliferation of arms and armed groups across the country, a legacy of the civil war. Some, like the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, ...
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Syria: Could this war-torn nation return to the tourist map?
The government, led by dictator Bashar al-Assad, responded to the protests with lethal force, leading to a civil war which ... If so, could Syria could once again return to the tourist map? Incredibly ...