SYRIA German official says Assad ready to recognize IsraelAssociated Press
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said on Friday his forces will pursue the "remnants" of the Assad regime and bring them to trial. The former insurgent and his administration have previously promised to stamp out sectarian attacks and unite Syria after 14 years of civil war ...
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Syria pushed down the agenda recently because of other Middle Eastern tensions may become a pressing issue again with the EU electorate increasingly resistant to any uptick in immigrant refugees. Tiny Lebanon, which has been overwhelmed with millions of Syrian refugees since the uprising against Assad...
Unrest flared in Syria from the late 1960s amid generally high inflation and the coup came in the same year as the collapse of the Bretton Woods pushing up oil prices. After the coup, General Hafez Al-Assad made the country into a secular state in a 1973 constitution, and also removed ...
"We declare the city of Damascus free from the tyrant Bashar al-Assad," Hassan Abdul-Ghani, senior HTS commander, said in a post on WhatsApp. "To the displaced people around the world, Free Syria awaits you." CNBC could not independently verify developments of the ground. ...
Torn posters of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and late Iran's Revolutionary Guards' top commander Qassem Soleimani hang at the Iranian embassy after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria December 8, 2024. (credit: REUTERS/Firas Mak...
As rebel forces seized control of Syria over the weekend, reports emerged that Bashar Al-Assad has fled toRussiaand is no longer the nation’s president. With the despot gone, rebel fighters and curious citizens alike are uncovering what the former ruler left behind—and one ...
Instead, it appears the bases may stay in exchange for diplomatic backing and financial compensation from Russia. Russia was deeply involved in Syria's economy and defense for seven decades before it joined the civil war in 2015 and wrought devastation that helped keep Assad in power for years....
Syria: Russian soldiers leave after fall of AssadRussian troops have been in Syria since 2017, propping up the Assad regime and overseeing the war. Since the downfall of Assad, their troops are withdrawing from those bases and going towards the Mediterranean coast....