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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 ...
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Syrian Sectarian Strife Threatens to Upend Post-Assad Transition
Assad's fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country's ...
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Bashar al-Assad, an Ophthalmologist Who Became a Dictator, Is the ... - MSN
Bashar al-Assad is the second son of Hafez al-Assad, a military officer who led a coup in 1970 and ruled Syria for nearly 30 years. Born in Damascus, the younger Assad was just 5 years old when ...
A Long, Overdue Reporting Trip Through Syria
Also in our car was Hwaida Saad, a longtime Lebanon reporter for The Times who had covered Syria in depth and with great ...
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The Fall of Assad: How Syria’s Regime Collapsed in Days
After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the ...