Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing the protests that started the 2011 ...
Syria's president visits Saudi Arabia on Sunday, first trip abroad after Assad's fall
Syria's transitional President Ahmed al-Sharaa will visit Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV reported on ...
A French Cartoonist Draws a Window Into the Middle East
Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a ...
Egypt Fears Syria’s Revolutionary Fervor Could Be Contagious
Since Islamist rebels overthrew the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Egypt, with parallels in its own recent history, has watched ...
Syrian leader visits Saudi Arabia, in a shift away from Iran
Saudi Arabia is pushing world governments to lift international sanctions on Damascus as it looks to shape the future of a ...
As Syria ponders a democratic future: 5 lessons from the Arab Spring
The fall of Bashar ... Arab Uprisings. While some countries – Egypt and Tunisia – became democracies, albeit briefly, others, ...
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Leader of rebels who toppled Syrian President Bashar Assad is named country's interim president
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The leader of Syria’s rebels who toppled President Bashar Assad last month was ... said after the ...
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Syria's new leader pledges 'national dialogue conference'
Sharaa, promised Thursday to hold a "national dialogue conference" in his first address to the nation since the fall of ...
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Saudi FM in Syria for first visit since Assad's ouster
Damascus (AFP) – Saudi Arabia's top diplomat said Friday the kingdom was seeking to help Syria's new authorities secure the ...
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Assad cousin notorious for role in suppressing protests in Syria arrested
A cousin of the former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad who was involved in suppressing ... They’d been inspired by the Arab Spring that was sweeping through several countries in the region ...
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Syria's President Visits Saudi Arabia on Sunday, First Trip Abroad After Assad's Fall
It will be Sharaa's first official visit abroad since he assumed power after leading a rebel campaign that ousted Bashar al ... Arab and Western leaders since former Syrian President Assad was ...