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Syria’s Easter Celebrations Pass Peacefully, in Early Test of New Government
At least in the capital, Damascus, the Christian holiday festivities were protected and joyfully observed. Religious ...
Syrians have more freedom after Assad, but could they soon lose it?
Like many Syrians, I'd only ever known the country under the rule of Assad and his father Hafez, who had been in power from ...
Syria hopes tourists will return to Palmyra, a World Heritage Site ravaged by war
Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...
It Survived for 2,000 Years, but Syria’s War Battered Palmyra
During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...
Syria’s Alawites still face targeted attacks a month after brutal counteroffensive
A month after a wave of revenge attacks left hundreds of Alawite civilians dead, members of the Syrian religious minority are ...
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How Israel destroyed Assad’s Syrian Navy
Assad's regime collapses, and Israel fears strategic weapons could fall into jihadist hands. A missile boat flotilla of the Israeli Navy is tasked with destroying the Syrian ...
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Dispatch from Damascus
Farah al-Atassi, a Syrian-American activist and entrepreneur, has emerged as a prominent public figure in post-Assad Syria ... equestrian competition for young people at the old headquarters of the ...
Choking, Shaking, Foaming at the Mouth: Syrians Recount Gas Attack
Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013, killing at least 1,500. Now, the survivors want ...
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Sulaf Fawakherji breaks silence on marriage to Bashar al-Assad
Shortly after Fawakherji was formally expelled from the Syrian Artists Syndicate for allegedly endorsing the Assad government and demonstrating a lack of concern for the plight of the Syrian ...