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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad oversaw a merciless crackdown on a pro-democracy revolt that morphed into one of the bloodiest wars of the century. After...
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Like many others in the Syrian capital Damascus, student Shadi chose to stay home so he could keep up with the pace of events...
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The image is particularly symbolic: A statue of former President Hafez al-Assad, the father of Syria’s current ruler Bashar, was toppled in Hama after...
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Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published on...
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Syrian government forces were locked in heavy fighting around the central city of Hama on Thursday, trying to halt an advance of Islamist-led rebels,...
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The fall of Syria’s second city, Aleppo, to Islamist-led rebels has brought flight and displacement for some, but for others like Bahria Bakkur, it...
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The UN’s cultural organisation added Aleppo’s famous soap to its intangible cultural heritage list Tuesday with Syria’s second city again wracked by war. Artisans...
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Syrian government forces launched a counterattack against Islamist-led rebels around the key city of Hama on Wednesday after suffering a string of staggering losses,...
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Islamist-led rebels advanced on Syria’s fourth-largest city Hama Tuesday, buoyed by their lightning capture of swathes of the north in an offensive that ended...
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was “alarmed” by the escalation of violence in Syria and called for an immediate end to...