Syria: The fall of Assad 'was like a rebirth', say Aleppo residents as they recall the horrors of the regime
Once a vital economic hub and Syria's largest city, Aleppo was ravaged by years of fighting, until government forces, with ...
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Syria's Aleppo set for revival despite war scars to its heritage
The historic Baron Hotel in Syria's Aleppo is dilapidated and damaged by years of war but still standing and ready for a ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
In Aleppo, Rebels Give a Sense of What May Come in Syria
Rebel fighters who took control of Aleppo about two weeks ago have promised security and continuity. Prices have skyrocketed, ...
War destroyed and divided Aleppo. Can Assad’s fall unite the city?
The battle for Aleppo fractured the city along social and economic lines. Whether people here can live together again will ...
The Militants Who Took Over Syria Told Me They Captured Austin Tice
We should ask the militants who toppled Bashar al-Assad in Syria what became of missing U.S. reporter Austin Tice and why ...
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Reassured 'for now', Aleppo's Christians prepare for Christmas
For the Catholic Marist Brothers of Aleppo, one of nearly a dozen Christian communities in Syria's second city, today's most ...
US officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that ousted Assad, Blinken says
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says American officials have been in direct contact with the Syrian rebel group that led ...
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Syrian soldiers distance themselves from Assad in return for promised amnesty
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of former Syrian soldiers on Saturday ... who last served in the northern city of Aleppo ...
The swift fall of Syria’s Assad brings moments inconceivable under his iron rule
It took barely 10 days for Syria’s insurgents to march from their stronghold in the northwest into Damascus and bring an end ...
How Assad’s government in Syria fell
Aleppo had been firmly held by the government since a 2016 victory there, one of the war's major turning points, when Russian ...
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The Path to a Better Syria
After public protests and then rebellion erupted in Syria in 2011, Assad’s regime clung to power through systemic torture and ...