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Ambush In Syria’s Tartus Province Kills 14 Interim Government Officers

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Ambush In Syria’s Tartus Province Kills 14 Interim Government Officers

Damascus: Syria’s new interior minister said Wednesday that 14 personnel were killed by “remnants” of toppled leader Bashar al-Assad’s “regime” in Tartus province, after a war monitor reported deadly clashes in the region. Interior Minister Mohammed Abdel Rahman said in a statement that “14 interior ministry personnel were killed and 10 others wounded after… a…

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Kurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive

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Kurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive

Even with the Assad family out of the picture, it appears that Ankara’s position won’t change, with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s landmark visit to Syria maintaining a strong position on the Kurdish-led group in his meeting with de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa of HTS. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces…

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Syria’s al-Sharaa agrees with ex-rebel factions to merge under Defence Ministry

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Syria’s al-Sharaa agrees with ex-rebel factions to merge under Defence Ministry

Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir had said last week that the Ministry would be restructured using former rebel factions and officers who defected from Bashar al-Assad’s army. File | Photo Credit: AFP Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa reached an agreement on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) with former rebel faction chiefs to dissolve all groups and…

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Kremlin Rejects Reports Of Bashar Al-Assad’s Wife Seeking Divorce

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Kremlin Rejects Reports Of Bashar Al-Assad’s Wife Seeking Divorce

Media reported on Sunday said that Asma al-Assad had filed for divorce. Moscow: The Kremlin on Monday rejected Turkish media reports which suggested that Asma al-Assad, the British-born wife of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, wanted a divorce and to leave Russia. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also rejected Turkish media reports which suggested that Assad…

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Who Is Asma Al-Assad, Syrian First Lady Seeking Divorce From Bashar Al-Assad

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Who Is Asma Al-Assad, Syrian First Lady Seeking Divorce From Bashar Al-Assad

New Delhi: In December 2010 and the following months, demonstrations against corruption, poverty and political repression took Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Syria by storm. Around the same time in 2011, Vogue magazine published a profile on Asma al-Assad, the wife of then-Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. It was titled “A Rose in the Desert,” and in…

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How Bashar al-Assad’s Inner Circle Fled Syria After His Fall

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How Bashar al-Assad’s Inner Circle Fled Syria After His Fall

Cairo, Egypt: A lightning rebel offensive early this month caught Syria’s ruling clan off guard. President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia on December 8, leaving behind many of his collaborators, some of whom sought refuge in neighbouring countries. According to two sources, the ousted president, who fled to Moscow via the Russian military airfield in…

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US Strike Killed Islamic State Group Leader In Syria: Military

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US Strike Killed Islamic State Group Leader In Syria: Military

Washington: American forces killed an Islamic State (IS) group leader and another of the group’s members in a strike in Syria, the US military said on Friday. Washington has stepped up military action against the jihadist group since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government earlier this month, hitting areas that were shielded by Syrian and…

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Syrian Prisoner US Reporter Freed Turns Out To Be Assad Regime Worker Accused Of War Crimes

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Syrian Prisoner US Reporter Freed Turns Out To Be Assad Regime Worker Accused Of War Crimes

The prisoner freed by a CNN reporter alongside rebels from a secret facility in Syria was actually an intelligence member working under ousted president Bashar al-Assad, according to a local fact checker, as confirmed by the publication itself. In a video that was shared widely, CNN’s chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward came across a cell…

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Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russians evacuated him from Syria

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Assad says he wanted to keep fighting but Russians evacuated him from Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad says he had no plans to leave the country after the fall of Damascus a week ago but the Russian military evacuated him after their…

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Russia Pulling Back But Not Out Of Syria After Assad’s Fall: Report

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Russia Pulling Back But Not Out Of Syria After Assad’s Fall: Report

Russia is pulling back its military from the front lines in northern Syria and from posts in the Alawite Mountains but is not leaving its two main bases in the country after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, four Syrian officials told Reuters. The ousting of Assad, who along with his late father, former President…

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