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Global Express | Syria stunner: How does India navigate the aftermath?
1 week, 5 days ago

Global Express | Syria stunner: How does India navigate the aftermath?

New Indian Express  

This week in Global Express with Neena Gopal, we turn our focus on a Syria that has all but imploded. As Golani has appointed an interim Prime Minister – Mohammed Al Bashir – who ran the HTS's enclave along the Syrian Turkey border – and promised an inclusive government that will not target the Druze, the Christians and the Alawites …

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Ousted Syrian Leader Assad Flees To Moscow After Fall Of Damascus, Russian State Media Say
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ousted Syrian Leader Assad Flees To Moscow After Fall Of Damascus, Russian State Media Say

Huff Post  

Syrian opposition fighters remove a government Syrian flag from an official building in Salamiyah, east of Hama, Syria Syria, Saturday Dec. 7, 2024. Ghaith Alsayed via AP DAMASCUS, Syria — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of Damascus and …

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Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after fall of Damascus, Russian state media say
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ousted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after fall of Damascus, Russian state media say

Associated Press  

DAMASCUS, Syria — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media said Sunday, hours after a stunning rebel advance seized control of Damascus and ended his family’s 50 years of iron rule. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A man tries to take a …

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Syrian rebels battle for Homs and advance to Damascus in threat to Assad’s rule
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Syrian rebels battle for Homs and advance to Damascus in threat to Assad’s rule

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. Read our privacy policy Syrian rebels are battling government …

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Thousands flee Syria’s Homs as opposition forces advance on key city
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Thousands flee Syria’s Homs as opposition forces advance on key city

Al Jazeera  

Rebel fighters led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham say they are ‘at the walls’ of Homs, Syria’s third largest city. “Our forces have liberated the last village in the vicinity of the city of Homs, and they are now at the city’s walls,” a commander of the opposition forces said. Reporting from Homs province late on Friday, Al Jazeera’s Omar al-Haj …

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Why is the opposition capture of Hama in Syria so important?
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Why is the opposition capture of Hama in Syria so important?

Al Jazeera  

Syrian opposition fighters have captured the strategic and symbolically significant city of Hama. Opposition fighters in Syria captured the strategic city of Hama on Thursday in a matter of hours. With God’s blessing, we will enter the city of Homs next.” Analysts and observers believe antigovernment fighters could capture most of the country, but say Hama has a particular value …

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Why the rebel capture of Syria's Hama, a city with a dark history, matters
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Why the rebel capture of Syria's Hama, a city with a dark history, matters

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Now Islamist insurgents have captured the city, tearing down a poster of …

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Why the rebel capture of Syria’s Hama, a city with a dark history, matters
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Why the rebel capture of Syria’s Hama, a city with a dark history, matters

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — It was one of the darkest moments in the modern history of the Arab world. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Hafez Assad’s brother, Rifaat, led the artillery unit that shelled the city and killed thousands, earning him the nickname the “Butcher of Hama.” Only this year, Rifaat Assad was indicted …

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Syrian insurgents say they have entered city of Hama after fierce fighting
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Syrian insurgents say they have entered city of Hama after fierce fighting

Deccan Chronicle  

Beirut: Syrian insurgents said they entered parts of the central city of Hama on Thursday after three days of intense clashes with government forces on its outskirts, part of an ongoing offensive in which they also seized Syria's largest city of Aleppo. Syrian state media confirmed violent clashes between government forces and opposition gunmen on the eastern edges of Hama …

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Syria opposition fighters push towards Hama as gov’t forces launch assault
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Syria opposition fighters push towards Hama as gov’t forces launch assault

Al Jazeera  

Russian and Syrian jets reportedly attack Idlib city on fifth day of opposition’s surprise advance in northwest Syria. The opposition forces have since claimed several strategic victories, including taking control of the supply-line town of Khanasir, the Aleppo Industrial City, Aleppo’s military academy and the field artillery college. Push towards Hama In his first public comments since the start of …

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