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Syrian returns from Lebanon to start under UN-backed plan, marking major shift
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, U.N.-backed plan ...
Greetings from Damascus, Syria, where a crowded bar welcomed post-Assad revelers
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Syria must release findings of inquiry into Alawite killings: Amnesty
BEIRUT: Syria must publish the full results of an investigation into the March killings of Alawite civilians and ensure those ...
A Syrian Death Factory Gives Up its Secrets
Assad’s most-notorious death factory, the hangings had become routine.Once a month, around midnight, the guards at Saydnaya ...
After Decades of Hostility, Israeli-Syrian Relations Begin to Thaw
The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ...
A church bombing leads Syria's Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain
A church bombing leads Syria's Christians to consider leaving as foreign fighters remain - Last month's deadly church bombing ...
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US revokes terror label for Syria’s HTS after it toppled Assad; Christian group decries 'injustice'
The United States government has revoked its designation of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as a foreign terrorist organization, seven ...
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From Aleppo in ruins to the Deir ez-Zor's last bridge: 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 ...
How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria
Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to ...
Trump administration removes terrorist designation from Syrian leader’s group after lifting sanctions
The Trump administration announced on Monday it revoked the terrorist designation placed on the new Syrian leader’s group ...
Assad’s fall in Syria turned Turkey and Saudi Arabia from rivals to partners. Will it last?
Turkey and Saudi Arabia are two Sunni powerhouses that have had a complicated and often contentious relationship over the ...
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Syrian Returns from Lebanon to Start under UN-backed Plan
Asharq Al Awsat Thousands of Syrian refugees are set to return from Lebanon this week under the first, UN-backed plan providing financial incentives, after Syria's new rulers said all citizens were ...