Syria is finally free of Mr Assad’s brutality. A rebel offensive that began in the north-west on November 27th progressed ...

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There are reports the Turkish-backed rebels are now advancing on Kobani, an important Kurdish-majority town on Turkey’s ...

Assad has created challenges and opportunities for the United States in Syria. But the dissonance between the current and ...

Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But ...

A new global risk map has revealed the world's most dangerous, war-torn cities where travelers will be in jeopardy should ...

Turkey and Qatar, net gains; Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese proxies, net losses; Syria is a big loser; For Israel, the jury is out ...

The overthrow followed a 13-year civil war, which started after Assad crushed pro-democracy protests, killing more than half ...

The power vacuum left by the collapse of the brutal Assad dictatorship could now be exploited by local warlords and ambitious neighbouring states. Western governments must urgently gain agreement from ...

Assad's fall from power has ended the Baath Party's and Assad dynasty's long rule over Syria. The Baath Party is secular, but ...

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