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The Fall of Bashar al-Assad May Not Be Good News for the Taliban

The fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last month marked a turning point not only for Syria but also for Islamist movements worldwide. Moreover, the Syrian rebels’ victory could inspire opposition movements within Afghanistan and embolden moderate Taliban officials to push back against their leader’s hardline rule. HTS and the Taliban: Diverging Paths While the Syrian rebel group’s blend of …

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1 day, 15 hours ago

Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria

Associated Press

TISHRIN DAM, Syria — A key dam in northern Syria has become a flash point in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad in a lightning offensive. “They tried to silence our voices so we wouldn’t be able to protect this dam.” Farhan …

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2 days, 11 hours ago

US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, Austin says

Associated Press

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The U.S. needs to keep troops deployed in Syria to prevent the Islamic State group from reconstituting as a major threat following the ouster of Bashar Assad’s government, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told The Associated Press. If Syria is left unprotected, “I think ISIS fighters would enter back into the mainstream,” Austin said at Ramstein …

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3 days, 9 hours ago

Turkiye threatens military action against Kurdish forces in Syria

Al Jazeera

Turkiye has threatened to launch a military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria unless they accept Ankara’s conditions for a “bloodless” transition following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad last month. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told CNN Turk television late on Tuesday that “we will do what’s necessary” if the People’s Protection Units fail to meet Ankara’s demands. Al-Assad’s overthrow by …

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3 days, 23 hours ago

First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands at Syria’s main airport

Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria — The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad landed Tuesday at the Damascus airport. Since the lightning rebel offensive that unseated Assad a month ago, Arab and Western countries that had cut off relations with the former government have been reopening diplomatic relations with Syria’s new de facto authorities, headed by …

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4 days, 4 hours ago

Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’

Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria — Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him electric shocks. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Blankets used by prisoners as mattresses are seen at Branch 215, a detention facility …

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First international flight since al-Assad’s removal lands in Syria

Al Jazeera

The first international commercial flight since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has landed at the Damascus airport. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry said the officials were set to discuss “mechanisms of cooperation in many areas including borders, security, energy, transportation, water, trade and other vital sectors”. “The new situation in Syria has also ended the threats that previously threatened …

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4 days, 13 hours ago

US eases restrictions on Syria while keeping sanctions in place

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Monday eased some restrictions on Syria’s transitional government to allow the entry of humanitarian aid after Islamist insurgents ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad last month. The general license underscores America’s commitment to ensuring its sanctions “do not impede activities to meet basic human needs, including the provision of public services or humanitarian assistance,” a Treasury …

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5 days, 9 hours ago

Bangladesh pacer Jahanara Alam takes two-month mental health break

India Today

Bangladesh fast bowler Jahanara Alam has taken a two-month mental health break. The 31-year-old pacer isn’t a part of Bangladesh’s historic tour of the West Indies, where they will play three ODIs followed by as many T20Is. Placed seventh currently, Nigar Sultana Joty’s women need to finish in the top six of the Women’s Championship to secure direct qualification for …

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5 days, 19 hours ago

Trump will have two years to cause real chaos and harm and only these people will be able to stop him

The Independent

After he was elected president of the United States for the second time in November, Donald Trump’s announcements of his nominees to head-up his various government departments have caused more than a few eye rolls across America. Then there’s former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, who Trump wants as his director of national intelligence, but who faces scrutiny for a “fact-finding” visit …

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6 days, 9 hours ago

Syria’s foreign minister urges US to lift sanctions during visit to Qatar

Al Jazeera

Asaad al-Shaibani’s visit to Qatar comes as the new administration seeks support from Arab states following the toppling of al-Assad. Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shaibani has called on the United States to lift crippling sanctions on his country, as he visited Qatar as part of a regional trip to seek support after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Following …

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6 days, 9 hours ago

Syria to resume international flights from Damascus airport next week

Al Jazeera

Airport authority says flights will resume on January 7 as Qatar Airways set to begin flights to Damascus after 13 years. Syria’s Damascus airport will resume international flights on Tuesday for the first time since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown last month by armed opposition fighters. “We announce we will start receiving international flights to and from Damascus International Airport” from …

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1 week ago

New Syrian govt revamps syllabus: Omits ’evolution of life’, replaces ‘people who’ve gone astray with ‘Jews, Christians’

Live Mint

The newly appointed Syrian government has announced several changes to its school curriculum — with many flagging an ‘Islamist slant’ to the edits. The development comes mere weeks after the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham and other rebel groups overthrew the Bashar al-Assad led government after several decades in power. The term “path of goodness” has now been edited to “Islamic path” …

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Middle East latest: German and French foreign ministers seek 'new beginning' with Syria

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ___ Here's the latest: French foreign minister visits long-shuttered …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Middle East latest: Germany and France seek a ‘new beginning’ with Syria

Associated Press

The top diplomats from Germany and France were in Syria on Friday to send what the German minister called a clear signal that Europe and Syria can have a “political new beginning” after Islamist insurgents ousted Bashar Assad. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people including children overnight and into Friday, hospital staff said, as often-stalled …

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1 week, 1 day ago

French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers

Al Jazeera

Germany’s Annalena Baerbock says Europe will support Syria but ‘will not be a financier of Islamist structures’. The French and German foreign ministers have met Syria’s new de facto rulers in Damascus, marking the first trip by top European officials to the country since the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad last month. “A political solution must be reached with …

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1 week, 1 day ago

AP PHOTOS: Syria’s new security forces conduct sweeps in Homs, looking for ousted Assad’s loyalists

Associated Press

HOMS, Syria — Syria’s new security forces deployed in tanks on Thursday in the city of Homs to search for militia members and former soldiers loyal to ousted President Bashar Assad who have refused to surrender their weapons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Members of the new security forces search an apartment …

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1 week, 1 day ago

King Charles donates to Syria after fall of dictator Assad

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Syria’s citizens have been given a glimmer of hope following the overthrow of the …

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1 week, 2 days ago

ISIS no longer rules a territory. But its recruits still pose a global threat

CNN

CNN — It’s many years since ISIS, also known as Islamic State, held sway over much of Syria and northern Iraq a time when it spawned affiliates throughout Africa and Asia and organized a series of deadly terror attacks in European cities. Global image Katz said at the time of the Moscow attack in March that “ISIS’ global support rests …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Changes to Syria’s school curriculum spark online outrage

CNN

CNN — Syria’s new government is facing backlash after announcing changes to the school curriculum, including introducing what some critics say is an Islamist slant to teaching. The changes, published in a list of amendments on the education ministry’s official Facebook page, include changing the phrases “path of goodness” to “Islamic path,” and “those who have are damned and have …

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1 week, 3 days ago

France Conducts Airstrikes in Syria, Hits IS Positions

Deccan Chronicle

French aircraft have bombed Islamic State positions in Syria, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced on Tuesday. "Our armed forces remain engaged in battling terrorism in the Levant," Lecornu wrote on X during a New Year visit to French UN peacekeepers in Lebanon. The French Defence Ministry confirmed to AFP that Rafale fighter jets and US-made Reaper drones dropped a total …

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1 week, 3 days ago

In Syrian military housing, former rebels take the homes of Assad's officers

Hindustan Times

Families of military officers who served under Syria's ousted Bashar al-Assad are being evicted from their subsidised housing at a compound outside Damascus to make way for victorious former rebels and their families, residents and fighters there said. Families of former soldiers and officers of Assad's regime army board a truck with their belongings as they leave their homes in …

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Uyghurs among foreign militants given ranks in Syrian military

The Independent

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1 week, 4 days ago

Stop missile attacks or face same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah: Israel tells Houthis

India Today

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations on Monday issued what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria's Bashar al-Assad if they persisted. The Houthis would not end attacks on Israel, Mohamed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthis' supreme …

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The Fall of Bashar al-Assad May Not Be Good News for the Taliban

Conflict between Turkey and Kurdish groups rises around key dam in northern Syria

US troops need to stay in Syria to counter the Islamic State group, Austin says

Turkiye threatens military action against Kurdish forces in Syria

First international commercial flight since Assad’s ouster lands at Syria’s main airport

Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’

First international flight since al-Assad’s removal lands in Syria

US eases restrictions on Syria while keeping sanctions in place

Bangladesh pacer Jahanara Alam takes two-month mental health break

Trump will have two years to cause real chaos and harm and only these people will be able to stop him

Syria’s foreign minister urges US to lift sanctions during visit to Qatar

Syria to resume international flights from Damascus airport next week

New Syrian govt revamps syllabus: Omits ’evolution of life’, replaces ‘people who’ve gone astray with ‘Jews, Christians’

Middle East latest: German and French foreign ministers seek 'new beginning' with Syria

Middle East latest: Germany and France seek a ‘new beginning’ with Syria

French, German foreign ministers meet Syria’s de facto rulers

AP PHOTOS: Syria’s new security forces conduct sweeps in Homs, looking for ousted Assad’s loyalists

King Charles donates to Syria after fall of dictator Assad

ISIS no longer rules a territory. But its recruits still pose a global threat

Changes to Syria’s school curriculum spark online outrage

France Conducts Airstrikes in Syria, Hits IS Positions

In Syrian military housing, former rebels take the homes of Assad's officers

Uyghurs among foreign militants given ranks in Syrian military

Stop missile attacks or face same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah: Israel tells Houthis