The slow rise of Hafez al-Assad, from pan-Arabism to Syrian nationalism
Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...
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Syria's Growing Risk Of Religious Violence Between Sunnis And Alawites Of Assad Regime
Sham, are refusing to respond to the social and political demands of former President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority, ...
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President al-Sharaa’s visit to Riyadh receives extensive Saudi media attention
Damascus,SANA- The visit of the President of Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Ahmad al-Sharaa, to Riyadh has received widespread media attention, headlining most Saudi newspapers. Articles and editorials ...
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After decades of silence, the victims of Hama speak out: "I grabbed the rifle. My father was not shot in front of me, but they took him and executed him"
Hafez Asad, the father of the deposed Syrian dictator, crushed a rebellion in that city without the number of victims or the ...
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Massacres and resilience in Hama, Syria's insubordinate city
Forty-three years after the Assad government killed 40,000 people and levelled entire neighbourhoods, Hamawis reflect on their revolutionary history ...
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Rana Khoury talks collapse of Assad regime, rise of new forces
Rana Khoury, professor in LAS, spoke in a lecture on Tuesday about Syria’s past and future after the collapse of the Assad regime.
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40 years on, Hama survivors recall horror of Assad-era massacre
Hayan Hadid was 18 when soldiers arrested him in his pyjamas and took him for execution in Syria's Hama in 1982, during one ...
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IDF troops operating in Syria buffer zone come under fire in 1st such incident
No Israeli injuries; group apparently affiliated with Assad regime claims responsibility, says it has begun operations against both the IDF and the new Syrian leadership The post IDF troops operating ...
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Who is Atef Najib, the man who fanned the flames of revolution in Daraa?
Syrian security forces arrested Brigadier General Atef Najib, a cousin of ousted president Bashar al-Assad and former head of ...
A new Syrian government struggles to reset its corrupt, besieged economy
With Syria's corruption-ridden economy in shambles after the overthrow of Bashar Assad, the caretaker government’s priority ...
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The fall of symbols: Toppling Hafez al-Assad’s largest statue in Syria
For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...
Trump admin has opportunity in Syria policy - analysis
The US has a rare opportunity to remake Syrian policy after a decade of anti-ISIS policy and after decades of the Assad ...