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French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for Syrian chemical attacks
France's highest court is ruling Friday on whether it can strip the head of state immunity of Bashar Assad, the former leader ...
Southern Syria exploded into the worst violence of post-Assad era. What that means for the region's future
Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the worst fighting since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad in ...
What’s Behind the New Violence and Israeli Strikes in Syria
Sharaa vowed to protect minority groups including the Druze and the Alawites, who formerly dominated power in Syria. But ...
Former Israeli PM Warns Netanyahu to ‘Be Very Careful’ With Trump
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in recent months has emerged as one of the fiercest internal critics of his country ...
Who are the Druze and why did Israel bomb Syria to protect them?
Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority at the ...
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Bashar al-Assad news - Today’s latest updates
Russian involvement in Syria is complicating the fight against ISIS. Rebels backed by the U.S say they only want to fight Assad. The Obama administration announces it will no longer train Syrian ...
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From Aleppo in ruins to a tank cemetery in Deir ez-Zor: Syria seven months after Assad’s fall
It has been seven months since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power in Syria, thrusting the country into a new era after 54 years of rule by the Assad family. France 24’s Wassim Nasr was able to ...
French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity, tried for Syrian chemical attacks
If the judges at the Cour de Cassation lift Assad's immunity, it could pave the way for his trial in absentia over the use of ...