Syria’s New President Pledges Unity in First Address
President Ahmed al-Shara vowed to be inclusive, but the way crucial decisions have been made has left some Syrians wary.
Naming of New Syrian President Is Met With Some Wariness at Home
While some Syrians celebrated Ahmed al-Shara as head of state, others questioned how the decision to elevate the rebel leader ...
A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy
With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government’s priority ...
A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian ...
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Questions about Syria and potential for an ISIS resurgence loom for Trump
In the first year of Trump’s first term, U.S. forces, working with Syrian Kurdish allies, defeated the Islamic State’s self-proclaimed “caliphate” and liberated its capital.
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Arab-international meeting on Syria opens in Saudi capital
Foreign ministers from Arab and Western countries held a meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday to discuss the situation in Syria following last month’s fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime.
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Syrians mark a month since al-Assad’s overthrow with concert in capital
It’s been a month since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, ending more than five decades of his family’s rule in Syria and almost ... attended a concert in the capital Damascus to celebrate ...
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It was once the capital of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance.’ Now a Syrian town grapples with its future
“This place became the political capital ... across Syria.” It all came to an abrupt end last month after Syria’s Sunni rebels toppled Assad, triggering a frantic exodus from the city ...
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Qatari delegation discusses health care needs in Syria’s capital
A Qatari delegation visited the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday to discuss the health care needs in the war-torn country, marking continued cooperation between the two nations after the end of ...
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First international commercial flight since Assad's ouster lands in Syria's capital
Syria's new authorities have made a show of cracking down on the Captagon trade, dismantling former factories in locations including the Mazzeh air base in Damascus, a car trading company in ...
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First international commercial flight since Assad's ouster lands in Syria's capital
Syria's new authorities have made a show of cracking down on the Captagon trade, dismantling former factories in locations including the Mazzeh air base in Damascus, a car trading company in Latakia ...
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Mossad Spy Was Publicly Hanged By Syria In 1965. Israel Wants His Body Back
Businessman Kamel Amin Thaabet arrived in the Syrian capital of Damascus in 1962. He threw lavish parties, became part of the city's social ... of attempts, the location of Cohen's burial site ...