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Rifaat Al-Assad, 'Butcher Of Hama' And Brother Of Ex Syria President Dies
Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully challenging for power and going into exile, died on Tuesday
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Real-Life Horror To TV Drama: Feared Syria Sites Become Sets For Series
At a Damascus airbase once off-limits under Bashar al-Assad, a crew now films a TV series about the final months of the ousted leader's rule as seen through the eyes of a Syrian family.
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Syrians Struggle To Heal As Country Marks One Year Of Assad's Ouster
The rebel offensive in November 2024 was not initially aimed at seizing Damascus but was meant to preempt an expected major offensive by Assad's forces in opposition-held Idlib intending to "finish the Idlib file," Abdul Ghani said.
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Leaked Video Shows Bashar al-Assad Calling For "Slaughter" In Ghouta, Mocking Putin
In one of the clips, the former Syrian president is seen mocking the people, saying they spend on mosques but "can't even afford food".
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Syria Launches 1st Official Newspaper Since Bashar Al-Assad's Regime Fall
Syria published the first print issue of the official Al Thawra Al Souriya newspaper Monday, the latest government-owned media outlet to launch since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
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Suwayda Massacre, Execution-Style Killings: What Post-Assad Syria Looks Like
When rebels toppled the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria ten months ago, the country's citizenry hoped for an end to decades of dictatorship and sectarian violence. The sweeping atrocities in Suwayda, though, paint a grim picture.
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Operation Move Earth: How Ousted Syrian Leader Assad Moved Mass Grave To Secret Location
The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria's largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.
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Syrian President To Ask Russia To Hand Over Assad During Visit: Report
Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will ask Russia to hand over former ruler Bashar al-Assad during his first visit to Moscow.
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How Syrian Forces Emptied Alawite Suburb: X Means Stay, O Means Go
Syrian security forces stormed the rundown Damascus suburb in late August, toting guns, swords and eviction orders. In their wake, they left the district's homes spray-painted with big black "X"s and "O"s: marking who could stay and who must go.
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Syria Delays Lawmaker Selection In Druze And Kurdish-Controlled Areas
A Syrian official said Saturday that the selection process planned for a transitional parliament next month will be postponed in Druze-majority Sweida and two Kurdish-held provinces.
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Rifaat Al-Assad, 'Butcher Of Hama' And Brother Of Ex Syria President Dies
Rifaat al-Assad, the brother of the late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad known by critics as the "butcher of Hama" for crushing an Islamist uprising in the city in 1982 before unsuccessfully challenging for power and going into exile, died on Tuesday
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Real-Life Horror To TV Drama: Feared Syria Sites Become Sets For Series
At a Damascus airbase once off-limits under Bashar al-Assad, a crew now films a TV series about the final months of the ousted leader's rule as seen through the eyes of a Syrian family.
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Syrians Struggle To Heal As Country Marks One Year Of Assad's Ouster
The rebel offensive in November 2024 was not initially aimed at seizing Damascus but was meant to preempt an expected major offensive by Assad's forces in opposition-held Idlib intending to "finish the Idlib file," Abdul Ghani said.
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Leaked Video Shows Bashar al-Assad Calling For "Slaughter" In Ghouta, Mocking Putin
In one of the clips, the former Syrian president is seen mocking the people, saying they spend on mosques but "can't even afford food".
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Syria Launches 1st Official Newspaper Since Bashar Al-Assad's Regime Fall
Syria published the first print issue of the official Al Thawra Al Souriya newspaper Monday, the latest government-owned media outlet to launch since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad.
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Suwayda Massacre, Execution-Style Killings: What Post-Assad Syria Looks Like
When rebels toppled the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria ten months ago, the country's citizenry hoped for an end to decades of dictatorship and sectarian violence. The sweeping atrocities in Suwayda, though, paint a grim picture.
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Operation Move Earth: How Ousted Syrian Leader Assad Moved Mass Grave To Secret Location
The Assad government carried out a two-year clandestine operation to truck thousands of bodies from one of Syria's largest known mass graves to a secret location more than an hour away in the remote desert, a Reuters investigation has found.
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Syrian President To Ask Russia To Hand Over Assad During Visit: Report
Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa will ask Russia to hand over former ruler Bashar al-Assad during his first visit to Moscow.
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How Syrian Forces Emptied Alawite Suburb: X Means Stay, O Means Go
Syrian security forces stormed the rundown Damascus suburb in late August, toting guns, swords and eviction orders. In their wake, they left the district's homes spray-painted with big black "X"s and "O"s: marking who could stay and who must go.
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Syria Delays Lawmaker Selection In Druze And Kurdish-Controlled Areas
A Syrian official said Saturday that the selection process planned for a transitional parliament next month will be postponed in Druze-majority Sweida and two Kurdish-held provinces.
