Assad exhibited little of the tackiness of Iraq’s Saddam. But his rule was just as brutal
Slender shoulders, a limp handshake and soft-spoken lisp. Those were the most vivid memories from my meeting with Bashar al ...
After Assad's ouster, Syrian rebel leader puts his stamp on the state
Sharaa's Islamist group is stamping its authority on Syria's state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, ...
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Syria: Post-Assad Transition Should Center Human Rights
Assad’s government by armed opposition groups has created a momentous opportunity for Syria to break with decades of ...
Syrian rebel leader, after Assad's ouster, puts his own stamp on the state
Sharaa's Islamist group is stamping its authority on Syria's state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, ...
Opinion
Trinidad Express Newspapers3hOpinion
Foot dragging on repatriating Trinis
The collapse of the 50-year dictatorship of despot Bashar Assad in Syria may make it easier to bring back the Trinidadian woman and children being held there.
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Syria updates: Opposition leader says ‘notorious prisons’ will close
Syria’s opposition leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, also referred to as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, spoke to Reuters news agency and said ...
Foreign Policy5h
Foreign Powers Reevaluate Ties with Damascus
Syrian rebel commander Abu Mohammed al-Jolani vowed on Wednesday to hunt down all those responsible for torturing or killing detainees under ousted President Bashar al-Assad. “We will pursue them in ...
Opinion
New Republic5hOpinion
This GOP Rep. May Have Lied About Trans Activist Attacking Her
Republican Representative Nancy Mace called the police on a transgender activist for physically attacking her. But eyewitnesses say that’s nowhere close to what happened.
Syrian rebels vow to punish Assad officials for torture
People in Syria are starting to return to their normal lives just days after opposition forces toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Rebel leaders have vowed to punish those involved in ...
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Syria’s new leaders promise unity while also holding Assad facilitators accountable
Syria's new leaders vowed to create unity, but also hold to account the people who facilitated a half-century of Assad rule. Those calls for revenge added to the unease of many Syrian minorities, ...
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Fall of Assad sparks new hope in Syria but minority groups remain concerned
The sea change toward tenuous hope in Syria over the last two weeks has been tempered with a grim accounting of the last 14 years of war and a half a century of authoritarian rule under the Assad ...
Opinion
Channel NewsAsia Singapore7hOpinion
Commentary: What Assad regime collapse in Syria means for Russia and Iran
That a popular armed insurrection toppled former president Bashar al-Assad in Syria has set off alarm bells in Moscow and Tehran, says RSIS’ James M Dorsey.