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, ...
How Assad's dictatorial regime rose and fell in Syria
Syrian opposition forces have captured the capital city of Damascus and forced the country's president, Bashar al-Assad, to ...
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Did the US fund the Syrian rebels that toppled Assad?
Another group receiving CTEF funding from the Pentagon is the Syrian Free Army (SFA), not to be confused with the Free Syrian ...
Russia Pushed Assad to Flee Syria After Concluding He’d Lost War
With Syrian opposition forces advancing rapidly toward the capital, Damascus, President Bashar al-Assad’s fate lay in ...
Military Times18h
How the US is countering ISIS during Syria’s upheaval
The U.S. and its partners want to ensure the Islamic State can’t fill the leadership void following President Bashar Assad’s ...
Foreign Affairs14h
How Turkey Won the Syrian Civil War
In most capitals across the Middle East, the news of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s fall sparked immense anxiety. Ankara ...
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 ...
Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, ...
Talking Syria in Doha
So I stopped by the embassy in Doha this morning — three days after Assad’s ouster. What I heard while there is that Syrians ...
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, ...
Assad is gone. What’s next for Syria?
The rapid fall of Syria’s autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad, this past weekend was one of the most consequential developments ...
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Assad’s Collapse Is A Blow To Russia’s Middle East Strategy
There, Russian president Vladimir Putin has made a series of strategic miscalculations that will undermine Russia’s influence ...