To evade Assad’s secret police, Syrians developed a code language
Fear of the regime was so pervasive that Syrians felt they could never speak freely, even in their own homes.
After Assad: What’s next for Syria?
Syria is in chaos. The danger to Israel and the West is that the next Syrian regime will be no friendlier than Assad was.
A Visual Guide to Syria’s Long Struggle for Freedom
The Middle Eastern country had been ruled by outside powers and dictators for centuries before its revolution was realized.
Making a desert and calling it peace in the Middle East
IN the famous lines of Tacitus, Roman historian, “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and ...
Deception and Betrayal: Inside the Final Days of the Assad Regime
Assad, who wielded fear and force over Syria for more than two decades, fled the country under the cover of night — and a ...
US to lift $10M bounty on Syrian rebel leader as Washington opens discussions with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham
The US is set to remove a $10 million bounty on Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
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How Erdoğan's Turkey became the key player in Syria?
which is that under the al-Assad regime, everybody who had fled Syria to take refuge in Turkey or in Europe or in the Gulf ...
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‘Critical’ period for Ukraine, Defence Secretary says
“Russians are putting Ukraine under pressure on the front line, but Putin himself is showing signs of weakness, calling in North Korean troops to reinforce his own army, walking out on Assad and ...
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Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad's rule
People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over 100,00 ...
Post-Assad Syria is a critical first test for the Trump Doctrine
There is a perception that the Trump administration will disengage from Syria entirely, leaving a vacuum. However, I am less ...
Syrians celebrate end of Assad rule, look toward the future: "This feels like a new birth"
Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous ...