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In Syria, The Prickly Question Of What To Do About Foreign Fighters
Many parties in Syria have resorted to foreign fighters. Following the Assad regime's downfall, the country's new government ...
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Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS or the “Organization for the Liberation of the Levant”) traces its beginnings to the outset of the Syrian civil war and has remained ... and attracted a growing number of ...
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Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, fear vigilante violence
In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face could be an informer. “See those ...
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Withdrawal of US support in Syria would be ‘nightmare’ in fight against ISIS, says commander of allies
Any withdrawal of US military forces and equipment from Syria by new US President Donald Trump would be a “nightmare” scenario and aid a resurgence of ISIS, the commander of a US-backed Syrian ...
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Young Syrians’ Hope for a Future Beyond War
Assad’s decades-long rule after December’s lightning rebel offensive has left a sense of cautious hope among Syria’s youth.
Syria's southern rebels loom large as the country's new rulers try to form a national army
HTS leader Ahmad al-Sharaa has called for a unified national army and security forces. The interim defense minister, Murhaf ...
Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army
Syria's interim rulers are trying to form a united national army after the fall of Bashar Assad late last year.
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Security in Alawite regions in post-Assad Syria
Syria’s first post-Assad protests broke out on Dec. 25 after a video claiming to show the destruction of an Alawite shrine ...