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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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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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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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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"
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Who Are The Alawites, Why Are They Being Hunted Down And Killed In Syria?
Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who suffered under Assad's rule.
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NDTV Exclusive: Not Muslims Or Christians - Another Syrian Ethnic Group Caught In Crossfire
On February 24, armed Druze factions in Syria's southern Suwayda province announced the formation of the Suwayda Military Council, a coalition of local groups dedicated to protecting the Druze community from external threats & government oppression.
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NDTV Exclusive: Repression, Torture, Slavery - Syrians Recall Horrors Of Assad Rule
Syria witnessed a swift revolution that ended five decades of Assad family rule. Rebels and the Syrian opposition seized control of Damascus in a movement that stunned the world.
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Bashar Al-Assad's Wife Files For Divorce, Wants To Return To UK: Report
Asma al-Assad, wife of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the United Kingdom, reports The Jerusalem Post quoting Turkish and Arab media sources.
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"You Are Prisoner No. 3006": Inside Bashar Al-Assad's Jail
For five and a half months Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed languished in one of President Bashar al-Assad's jails, losing 40 kilograms, all the while under the threat of imminent execution.
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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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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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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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NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help
Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"
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Who Are The Alawites, Why Are They Being Hunted Down And Killed In Syria?
Once empowered by the regime, many Alawites now face reprisals from rebel factions and displaced Sunni populations who suffered under Assad's rule.
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NDTV Exclusive: Not Muslims Or Christians - Another Syrian Ethnic Group Caught In Crossfire
On February 24, armed Druze factions in Syria's southern Suwayda province announced the formation of the Suwayda Military Council, a coalition of local groups dedicated to protecting the Druze community from external threats & government oppression.
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NDTV Exclusive: Repression, Torture, Slavery - Syrians Recall Horrors Of Assad Rule
Syria witnessed a swift revolution that ended five decades of Assad family rule. Rebels and the Syrian opposition seized control of Damascus in a movement that stunned the world.
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Bashar Al-Assad's Wife Files For Divorce, Wants To Return To UK: Report
Asma al-Assad, wife of deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, has filed for divorce and expressed her desire to return to the United Kingdom, reports The Jerusalem Post quoting Turkish and Arab media sources.
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"You Are Prisoner No. 3006": Inside Bashar Al-Assad's Jail
For five and a half months Ghazi Mohammed al-Mohammed languished in one of President Bashar al-Assad's jails, losing 40 kilograms, all the while under the threat of imminent execution.
