Syria’s defense minister rejects SDF proposal for autonomous Kurdish military bloc
Syria’s new defense minister, Murhaf Abu Qasra, stated on Sunday that the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) cannot retain their own military bloc within the Syrian armed forces. Abu Qasra’s ...
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The view from Damascus, Copenhagen and Basel
Then: Chris Cermak looks at Germany’s immigration vote, Grace Charlton reports from Copenhagen Fashion Week and Fernando ...
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It took Assad four years to capture Aleppo – Syrian rebels could take it back within hours
As the sun set on Syria’s north-western city of Aleppo, a group of rebel fighters reached Al-Basel square. Towering over the junction is a statue of president Bashar al-Assad’s brother ...
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‘Bashar was my friend’: the former Assad minister on why he didn’t flee Syria
Amr Salem mingles cheerfully with foreign investors and members of Syria’s interim government in a five-star hotel in ...