‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
Syria’s status as a classic Middle East tourist definition was shredded by civil war. Visitors are now beginning to return, ...
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Syria’s stand-up comedians, censored under Assad, are now having the last laugh
Laughter fills the Zawaya Art Gallery in downtown Damascus. A packed crowd is chuckling uproariously at Syria’s first ...
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Killings in rural Homs mar efforts to instil security in post-Assad Syria
Western rural Homs is a land of breezeblock buildings, green fields and drystone walls. The sky hangs grey over the landscape, as booms from artillery fire mingle with the bleating of sheep. Pick-up ...
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Ahmed al-Sharaa, who toppled Assad, is named Syria's interim president
HOMS, Syria — Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the Syrian rebel ... Celebratory gunfire and street celebrations broke out in the capital Damascus and the city of Homs as news of Sharaa's appointment was ...
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A mysterious meeting with Syrian president is at the center of spy chief’s nomination fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Tulsi Gabbard returned to Washington from a clandestine sit-down with Syria’s then-president Bashar Assad eight years ago this month, she was greeted with a flurry of ...
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Ahmed al-Sharaa, who toppled Assad, is named Syria's interim president
HOMS, Syria — Ahmed al-Sharaa, the leader of the Syrian rebel group that overthrew Bashar al-Assad's government, was named head of a new interim government, according to the Syrian news agency, citing ...
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UK government was informed on shift of dynamics in Syria a year ago
The British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee held a session in which it discussed the situation in Syria in the wake of the fall of the Assad regime in December. Speaking as a witness ...
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‘No safe place to go’ for millions as humanitarian crisis looms in eastern Congo city
It remained unclear how much of Goma is controlled by the rebels, who marched into eastern Congo’s strategic city early Monday, inspiring fear and cheers among residents. But more than 2 million ...
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The discovery of brutal mass graves in Syria reveals Assad’s legacy of horror
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The charred remains of at least 26 victims of the Bashar Assad government were located Tuesday by Syrian civil defense workers in two separate basements in rural Damascus.