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Prominent Lebanese figure meets Syrian insurgent who led Assad’s ouster, seeking better relations

BEIRUT — A prominent Lebanese politician held talks on Sunday with the insurgent who led the overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar Assad, with both expressing hope for a new era in relations between their countries. He expressed hope that Lebanese-Syrian relations “will return to normal.” Jumblatt’s father, Kamal, was killed in 1977 in an ambush near a Syrian roadblock during …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Rebuilding Syria requires much more than bricks and mortar

Al Jazeera

Rebuilding Syria after more than a decade of devastating conflict is no simple task. As the global community keeps a close eye on Syria’s new leadership to ensure a smooth transition, it must also send a clear and forceful message to Israel. The global community may hesitate to fully lift sanctions due to uncertainty about Syria’s new leadership. Syria’s new …

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Prominent Lebanese figure meets Syrian insurgent who led Assad’s ouster, seeking better relations

LA Times

Women look at photos of people reported to be missing, in the Marjeh square in Damascus, Syria. A prominent Lebanese politician held talks on Sunday with the insurgent who led the overthrow of Syria’s President Bashar Assad, with both expressing hope for a new era in relations between their countries. He expressed hope that Lebanese-Syrian relations “will return to normal.” …

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Panic caused by a 10,000-strong march chanting 'Allahu Akbar' through a Christmas market - and why many Germans now feel generosity towards Syrian refugees must end: ROBERT HARDMAN

Daily Mail

They are still confused and, understandably, a little angry in the centre of Essen, though the mood is very much calmer than it was a few days ago. In mid-afternoon on Sunday December 8, the snug ambiance of Essen's Christmas Market, where Robert Hardman stands, was suddenly disrupted by chants of 'Allahu Akbar' On and on they came for more …

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3 days, 4 hours ago

Middle East latest: Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 7 people, including 4 kids

Associated Press

An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at least seven Palestinians, including four children, and wounded 16 other people Friday afternoon, health officials said. Israeli strike on a Gaza apartment building kills at least 7 people, including 4 kids DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike on a residential building in central Gaza killed at …

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3 days, 4 hours ago

Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition

New York Times

“I’m very excited but also very overwhelmed. It’s an amazing feeling.” When Sawsan Abou Zainedin fled Bashar al-Assad’s rule more than a decade ago, she thought she might never return. Now, after the fall of the regime, she’s headed to her hometown in southern Syria to see her father for the first time in seven years. These few months are …

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3 days, 9 hours ago

The warm Turkish welcome for refugees is ending and Syrians are worried

Associated Press

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Turkey gained renown as a haven for refugees by welcoming more than 3 million Syrians fleeing violence between forces from Bashar Assad ’s government and a patchwork of rebel groups. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print ‘My children were born here’ Cabuli spent several years in a refugee camp before …

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4 days, 9 hours ago

Thousands of Syrian doctors work in Germany. It hopes they will stay after Assad's fall

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. Gass said the picture hospital operators are getting from …

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After a decade in Turkey, a Syrian refugee rushes to return home, but reality hits

Associated Press

ALEPPO, Syria — The moment he arrived home to Syria from Turkey, Ahmed al-Kassem held his sister in a tight embrace, tears streaming down their faces. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Syrian refugee Ahmed al-Kassem and his family are welcomed by relatives as they return to their home in Aleppo, Syria, Friday, …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Syria’s interim gov’t pledges justice, jobs and security in ‘new era’

Al Jazeera

Syria’s new rulers have pledged to create special tribunals for those who have “committed crimes against Syrians” under deposed President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, according to the interim government’s spokesman. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Osama bin Javaid, Obaid Arnaut said a key part of the new government’s mission as they usher in a “new era” is to re-establish people’s …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Christmas in Damascus is different this year, after al-Assad’s fall

Al Jazeera

Damascus, Syria – There’s something different about Christmas this year, Damascenes say. Although the decorations may have been more elaborate last year, Carol al-Sahhaf says this year’s festive mood is a cut above, less than two weeks after Bashar al-Assad fled and his regime crumbled. “After 14 years of war, I hope the coming year brings us peace, love, and …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

A massacre, a rumored hanging and Syrians’ thirst for justice and revenge

LA Times

The crowd surged forward, thousands cheering, waving and jostling their way around Damascus’ Al Ashmar Square, all positioning themselves for the best view of a hanging. People in Tadamon have a nickname for the toothbrush-mustached henchman: “Syria’s Hitler.” “This man, he and his people, they were animals,” said Majed Shaaban, 32, who works for a cleaning services company. “If he …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

Palestinian freedom cannot rest on the oppression of others

Al Jazeera

When injured Yahya Sinwar hurled a stick at the Zionist war machine, resisting even in the last moments of his life, he embodied the unbreakable Palestinian cause for liberation. Some now claim that Palestine’s cause is weakened by the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, that our struggle for liberation somehow relied on his iron grip over Syria. We know …

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6 days, 4 hours ago

After US and UK, Germany makes diplomatic contact with Syrian’s HTS

Firstpost

German diplomats’ first talks with representatives of the HTS-appointed interim government will focus on a transitional process for Syria and the protection of minorities, a spokesperson for the German foreign ministry said Germany has joined the list of countries trying to establish diplomatic contact with Syria’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham as its foreign ministry on Tuesday said that the government is …

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Syria: Mass grave near Damascus has at least 100,000 bodies, says US advocacy group

Firstpost

Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are estimated to have been killed since 2011, when Assad’s crackdown on protests against his rule grew into a full-scale civil war A fighter of the ruling Syrian body walks, as people inspect the site of a mass grave from the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, according to residents, after the ousting of al-Assad, in …

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6 days, 14 hours ago

Corpses, men who don’t know their names: Scenes from a Damascus hospital

Al Jazeera

At least 100,000 Syrians were disappeared by the Assad regime. “A person’s features change after he stays in prison for a long time.” What happens far too often, though, is that the family will later discover that the person they brought home is not their relative and they return them to the hospital so their actual families can find them. …

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Thousands of bodies found in Syria’s mass graves

Al Jazeera

A mass grave outside Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, according to the head of the Syrian Emergency Task Force. Mouaz Moustafa said the site at al-Qutayfah 40km north of the Syrian capital, was one of five mass graves that he had identified over the years, according to …

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Syrians can finally tell their stories about Assad's chemical attacks

NPR

Syrians can finally tell their stories about Assad's chemical attacks Survivors of the Syrian regime's chemical attacks are free now speak about how they lost their families. FADEL: Toufic is in his brother Mej's home just above the family tire shop. It found reasonable grounds that it was Assad's air force that dropped two yellow cylinders of toxic chlorine gas …

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1 week ago

Assad's candid photos emerge after ouster, invite ridicule from Syrians

India Today

Personal photos of ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad have surfaced from his abandoned residences, sparking ridicule among Syrians who, until days ago, were persecuted for criticising his carefully crafted public image. The intimate and candid photos, reportedly discovered in albums from Assad’s mansions in the hills of Damascus and Aleppo, offer a stark contrast to the polished, glamorous image that …

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Syria’s new rulers must not repeat the past mistakes of Lebanon and Iraq

Al Jazeera

In these first days of what is being hailed as a “new era” in Syria, the authorities now controlling Damascus are sending mixed signals. The path they eventually choose to follow will determine whether the mistakes and miscalculations that devastated not only al-Assad’s Syria but also Iraq and Lebanon will be repeated here in this “new era”. This appointment, made …

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Bashar al-Assad releases first statement since he fled Syria

Al Jazeera

Remarks attributed to al-Assad, released by the Syrian presidency’s Telegram channel, say state fell into ‘hands of terrorism’. In the first public remarks attributed to Bashar al-Assad since he left Syria, the deposed Syrian president has defended his rule and denied planning his departure as armed opposition fighters closed in on Damascus earlier this month. A statement said to be …

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Syrian Minorities Fear Retribution, Israel-Hamas Talks, ABC Settles Trump Lawsuit : Up First from NPR

NPR

Syrian Minorities Fear Retribution, Israel-Hamas Talks, ABC Settles Trump Lawsuit Some people in Syria aren't so sure what the fall of Bashar al-Assad's government means for them. ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit with President-elect Trump. The network will donate millions to his presidential library, even though experts felt ABC had a strong legal defense. Today's episode of Up First …

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1 week, 1 day ago

7,600 Syrians head home after Bashar al-Assad’s fall, Turkey reports

Firstpost

Anti-Syrian sentiment has been rising in Turkey, where pressure on the government to reduce the refugee population is high Syrians arrive to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate, near the town of Antakya, southern Turkey, Monday, 9 December 2024. More than 7,600 Syrian migrants returned to their homeland through Turkey’s border in the five days following …

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The hunt for the Assad dynasty’s missing billions begins

Live Mint

With the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria, a global hunt is now beginning for the billions of dollars in cash and assets the family stashed away over half a century of despotic rule. “There will be a hunt for the regime’s assets internationally," said Andrew Tabler, a former White House official who identified assets of Assad family members …

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Prominent Lebanese figure meets Syrian insurgent who led Assad’s ouster, seeking better relations

Rebuilding Syria requires much more than bricks and mortar

Prominent Lebanese figure meets Syrian insurgent who led Assad’s ouster, seeking better relations

Panic caused by a 10,000-strong march chanting 'Allahu Akbar' through a Christmas market - and why many Germans now feel generosity towards Syrian refugees must end: ROBERT HARDMAN

Middle East latest: Israeli strike in Gaza kills at least 7 people, including 4 kids

Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition

The warm Turkish welcome for refugees is ending and Syrians are worried

Thousands of Syrian doctors work in Germany. It hopes they will stay after Assad's fall

After a decade in Turkey, a Syrian refugee rushes to return home, but reality hits

Syria’s interim gov’t pledges justice, jobs and security in ‘new era’

Christmas in Damascus is different this year, after al-Assad’s fall

A massacre, a rumored hanging and Syrians’ thirst for justice and revenge

Palestinian freedom cannot rest on the oppression of others

After US and UK, Germany makes diplomatic contact with Syrian’s HTS

Syria: Mass grave near Damascus has at least 100,000 bodies, says US advocacy group

Corpses, men who don’t know their names: Scenes from a Damascus hospital

Thousands of bodies found in Syria’s mass graves

Syrians can finally tell their stories about Assad's chemical attacks

Assad's candid photos emerge after ouster, invite ridicule from Syrians

Syria’s new rulers must not repeat the past mistakes of Lebanon and Iraq

Bashar al-Assad releases first statement since he fled Syria

Syrian Minorities Fear Retribution, Israel-Hamas Talks, ABC Settles Trump Lawsuit : Up First from NPR

7,600 Syrians head home after Bashar al-Assad’s fall, Turkey reports

The hunt for the Assad dynasty’s missing billions begins