Syria: fall of Assad a blow for Iran’s ‘Shia crescent’ – here are its foreign policy options in the new-look Middle East
When Hafez al-Assad, an Alawite minority member, seized control of the Ba'ath Party in Syria in 1970, he faced a significant ...
Demoralised and abandoned by allies: why Assad’s army failed to fight in Syria
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. For years, the Islamist ...
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 ...
What to Know About Bashar Assad, Syria’s Fallen Dictator
Bashar Assad instead became a doctor in the 1980s and was studying in London to be an ophthalmologist in the early 1990s. But ...
Syrian civil war: US strikes ISIS, IDF take Mount Hermon peak
The officials said that within the Quds Force, two of their top generals fled to Iraq. This move comes as rebels who oppose ...
Syrian rebel fighters set fire to tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father
Images show the fighters standing next to the burning gravesite of Hafez al-Assad in the former president's hometown.
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As Assad Regime Falls, Syrians Celebrate — and Brace for an Uncertain Future
As more than five decades of Assad family rule come to an end, Syrians are cautiously paving a way forward. As the year draws ...
Amid Syria's upheaval, how will Turkey benefit?
Turkey backed Syria's opposition forces from the start of the country's civil war in 2011. With Syrian dictator Bashar Assad ...
Live Briefing: Syrian rebel forces dismantle symbols of al-Assad
Rebel forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said they took control of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria. Israel said its extensive ...
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🔴 LIVE UPDATES: Blinken arrives in Jordan at start of Syria crisis tour
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jordan on Thursday at the start of a crisis tour to address the aftermath of ...
Live news: Nasdaq Composite tops 20,000 level for the first time
The Nasdaq Composite index hit 20,000 points for the first time, as a year-long rally that has been propelled by high expectations for the artificial intelligence sector continued into the final month ...
Iran's leader blames US, Israel for Assad's fall, shifts tone toward Syrian groups
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech Wednesday that the U.S. and Israel were behind the fall of former President Bashar Assad.