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Syrian rebels torch tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father| Top updates
1 week, 5 days ago

Syrian rebels torch tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father| Top updates

Hindustan Times  

Its been three days since Syrian rebels ended Bashar al-Assad's rule in the country. Rebel fighters stand next to the burning gravesite of Syria's late president Hafez al-Assad at his mausoleum in the family's ancestral village of Qardaha in the western Latakia province. According to a report by the news agency AFP, the tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's …

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Taking Syria: The opposition’s battles shown in 11 maps for 11 days
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Taking Syria: The opposition’s battles shown in 11 maps for 11 days

Al Jazeera  

In just 11 days, the 24-year rule of President Bashar al-Assad came to an end. Day 3 – November 29 By Friday, rebel forces had entered parts of Aleppo city after detonating two car bombs and engaging government forces on the city’s western edge, according to a Syrian war monitor and fighters. Day 5 – December 1 By Sunday, Syrian …

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Rebels seize Damascus; Assad reported to have fled Syria for Moscow
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Rebels seize Damascus; Assad reported to have fled Syria for Moscow

LA Times  

Syrians celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in the town of Bar Elias, Lebanon, near the border with Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024. The leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, Ahmed Sharaa, issued a statement early Sunday ordering rebel fighters entering the capital to preserve public institutions, saying that they would remain under the stewardship of the “former prime …

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Syrian rebels take control of most of Aleppo city
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Syrian rebels take control of most of Aleppo city

CNN  

CNN — Syrian opposition forces have taken control of much of the country’s second-largest city Aleppo after a lightning advance that killed dozens of government soldiers in a major challenge to President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian army tacitly acknowledged its forces were in retreat, saying “large numbers of terrorists” had forced it to “implement a redeployment operation.” It said reinforcements …

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ISIL-affiliated rebel fighters blamed after 38 killed in DR Congo attack
6 months, 2 weeks ago

ISIL-affiliated rebel fighters blamed after 38 killed in DR Congo attack

Al Jazeera  

The armed men used guns and machetes to attack residents of villages in Beni territory, in North Kivu province. Rebel fighters affiliated with ISIL have killed at least 38 people in an overnight attack on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials and a civil society leader in the region have said. The armed men used guns and …

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Photographing the final days of Gaddafi and his last stronghold
3 years, 8 months ago

Photographing the final days of Gaddafi and his last stronghold

Al Jazeera  

“It is a conflict that still gives me chills every time I stop to look back at my old photographs, or when I remember those unimaginable sunny days and the cruelties human beings are capable of inflicting on one another in the worst of times.” In February 2011, anti-government protests began in Libya, inspired by the successful uprisings in Tunisia …

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