Once off-limits to Syrians, Assad's former summer residence now attracts tourists
The summer home of ousted leader Bashar al-Assad was once off-limits to ordinary Syrians. Now people are lining up to visit ...
Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, endure a fall from grace
Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.
Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police
Officers say the move aims to instil a sense of morality as they race to fill a security vacuum after dismantling ousted ...
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Was Assad’s Syria a “workers’ state”?
Last week’s column looked at the SWP’s politics on the fall of Assad and how they distort reality in Syria by looking through ...
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Syria after Assad: A fresh chance for inclusive governance and power-sharing, or more of the same?
The end of a half-century of Assad family rule in Syria marked a turning point in the countrys deadly 13-year civil war after ...
Why Turkey is so influential in post-Assad Syria
Turkey has emerged as one of the most influential power brokers in Syria after rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last month, ...
France issues new war crimes arrest warrant for Syria's al-Assad
A court in Paris has accused the overthrown Syrian ruler of complicity in war crimes in relation to a deadly attack on ...
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UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad
Ahmad al-Mansour has been living in Syria for years and was among the fighters that toppled Assad’s government. The ...
Saudi Foreign Minister to Visit Damascus on Friday, Syrian Official Says
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud will visit Damascus on Friday and meet with top officials in the new Syrian administration, a Syrian official said on Thursday. Bin ...