Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov to visit Iran on Tuesday to discuss Syria, Tasnim says
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Iran on Tuesday to discuss Syrian developments with his Iranian counterpart ...
In Syria, Joy at a Dictator’s Demise Turns Into Fear of Israeli Raids
Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged ...
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From Damascus suburb to presidential palace: Ahmad Al Shara's past offers rare insight into his outlook
Mammoth concrete apartment buildings line the main motorway running west out of Damascus, relics of a Soviet-style economy ...
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Syrian Jews hope for revival of ancient heritage
Syria's tiny Jewish community and Syrian Jews abroad are trying to build bridges after Bashar al-Assad's ouster in the hope ...
Syria's new president meets Chinese envoy for first time since Assad's fall
Syria's new President Ahmed al-Sharaa met China's ambassador to Damascus in the first public engagement between the two ...
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In Assad’s Fall, an Echo of the Arab Spring
The regime’s collapse should also dispel at last the persistent myth that the Arab Spring was a mirage. The first wave of ...
‘It smells of blood and barrel bombs’: Syrians start trying to rebuild
People exiled from the town of Saraqib rejoiced when the Assad regime fell. Then they went home — and found ruins ...
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Marwan Hamadeh: Hafez al-Assad Told Us, ‘Forget Bachir Gemayel,' and he Was Assassinated 4 Days Later
For half a century, Lebanon lived under the long rule of the two Assads in Syria. Damascus held Lebanon’s fate in its hands, ...
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Syria's New Leaders Zero in on Assad's Business Barons
Syria's new rulers are combing through the billion-dollar corporate empires of ousted president Bashar al-Assad's allies, and ...
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Putin moves to secure Russian influence in new Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a high-level phone conversation with Syria’s new leader, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, in a significant diplomatic move following the fall of former President ...
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Assad’s son confirms viral post on family's final night in Damascus
The son of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has confirmed that a post detailing his and his family’s final night in ...
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Explainer: The economic challenges stifling Syria's reconstruction efforts
During almost 14 years of conflict, Syria's economy shrank by 84 percent, pushing nearly 90 percent of Syrians below the poverty line, according to UN estimates.