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Safe From Looting, Damascus Museum Reopens A Month After Assad’s Fall

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Safe From Looting, Damascus Museum Reopens A Month After Assad’s Fall

Damascus: Syrians returned on Wednesday to the national museum in Damascus, reopened for the first time since Islamist-led forces seized the capital and ousted president Bashar al-Assad. The antiquities museum closed its doors on December 7, a day before Damascus was taken by rebel forces, over fears of looting. “We firmly shut the museum’s iron…

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Ukraine’s foreign chief pledges support for a new Syria on a trip to Damascus

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Ukraine’s foreign chief pledges support for a new Syria on a trip to Damascus

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha (L) and Syria’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani shake hands during a press conference after a meeting between the Syrian leadership and a Ukrainian delegation to help strengthen ties between the two countries on December 30, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ukraine’s Foreign Minister…

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Watch: At Syria’s infamous Sednaya Prison, relatives search for their loved ones

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Watch: At Syria’s infamous Sednaya Prison, relatives search for their loved ones

Syria’s Sednaya Prison | Video Credit: The Hindu As Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell in Syria on December 8, relatives of detainees in the country’s various prisons have been lining up to search for their missing family members. One such prison, Sednaya prison, became infamously known as a ‘human slaughterhouse’ due to its alleged brutal treatment…

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The Fall Of Damascus And Lessons In Liberalism For Delhi

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The Fall Of Damascus And Lessons In Liberalism For Delhi

Damascus has fallen. Once again. One of the oldest cities in the world has fallen. To rise again from its rubble, heralding a new order. In its rise and fall, Damascus has lessons for all civilisations, all rebels, and all regimes. It was in July 2012 that rebels penetrated Damascus, hitherto considered inviolable. Both the…

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Damascus Dungeons, Torture Chambers Exposed After Assad’s Fall In Syria

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Damascus Dungeons, Torture Chambers Exposed After Assad’s Fall In Syria

Damascus: Syrians lived in terror for decades of what went on behind the concrete walls of Damascus’s security compound. Now the Assad dynasty has been toppled, its dungeons and torture chambers are giving up their secrets. Rebel fighters stand guard at the entrances to the forbidden city in the capital’s Kafr Sousa district, where the…

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The Story Behind Rebels’ Flag That May Soon Officially Symbolise Syria

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The Story Behind Rebels’ Flag That May Soon Officially Symbolise Syria

Syrian rebels declared the fall of President Bashar al-Assad today, less than two weeks after a lightning offensive that ended his family’s decades of rule. As Syrians woke up to a changed country, the rebel flags had replaced the posters of Assad, that earlier loomed over almost every corner. The development could lead to a…

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Iranian Embassy In Syria’s Damascus ‘Attacked’: Report

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Iranian Embassy In Syria’s Damascus ‘Attacked’: Report

Iran’s embassy in Syria was “attacked” on Sunday, Iranian state TV said, after Islamist-led rebels declared the fall of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping offensive that culminated in Damascus. “Unknown individuals have attacked the Iranian embassy, as you can see in these images shared by various networks,” a state TV broadcaster said, showing…

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Syria Rebels Inside Presidential Palace, Tear Assad Family Portraits

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Syria Rebels Inside Presidential Palace, Tear Assad Family Portraits

New Delhi: Islamist-led rebels declared they had taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on Sunday, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria. A video circulating on social media shows rebels roaming inside the presidential palace in the capital Damascus. They were seen smashing Assad’s family portraits in the…

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What Next For Syria And Its People

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What Next For Syria And Its People

New Delhi: Syria’s future hinges on uncertainty after the abrupt fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Once thought unassailable, Assad’s rule collapsed under the pressure of a rapid offensive led by a group called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as the Al-Nusra Front affiliated with terror group Al-Qaeda, and allied factions.  Bashar al-Assad came…

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