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Morning Brief: Syria Schedules Parliamentary Elections, Russia Scales Down Navy Day Celebrations, Kim Yo Jong Rejects South Korea’s Outreach
Deadly Congo church attack, Thai-Cambodian clashes, and Syria’s post-Assad vote. Catch up in SOFREP’s Morning Brief for July ...
Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since Assad's fall in September
Syria plans to hold parliamentary elections in September, according to the head of the election organizing body ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Understanding the violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad
A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...
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After Assad: Syria’s Fractured Path Forward - MSN
Syria’s most pressing challenge is resolving its deep domestic fractures. The fall of Assad has left a country with weak institutions, destroyed infrastructure, and a population divided along ...
Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since the fall of al-Assad
The announcement comes amid mounting unrest, particularly after deadly clashes erupted in Suwayda province between Bedouin ...
Syria to hold parliamentary elections in September, first since Assad’s fall
Election news comes amid sectarian violence as the country is increasingly divided in its views of the new authorities in ...
In Syria’s Sweida, the stench of death still lingers days after sectarian bloodshed
In the aftermath of intense sectarian fighting, the eerily silent streets of Syria's southern province of Sweida are filled ...