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Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani (L) meeting with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar on January 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Syria’s new Foreign Minister met with his Qatari counterpart and Qatar’s Prime Minister in Doha on Sunday (January 5, 2025), as Syria’s new de facto…
A Syrian youth holds signs during a rally next to Damascus Opera House in Umayyad Square, after Syria’s Bashar al-Assad was ousted, in Damascus, Syria, December 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Diplomats from the United States have arrived in Syria to speak directly to the new Islamist-led rulers, hoping to encourage a moderate, inclusive…
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s military chief Abu Hassan al-Hamwi is pictured during an interview in the Syrian western port city of Latakia, on December 17, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The military chief of Syria’s victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham said on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) it would be “the first” to dissolve its armed…
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Damascus: The military chief of Syria’s victorious Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham called on the international community Tuesday to find a solution to Israel’s repeated strikes and “incursion” into Syrian territory. “We view the Israeli strikes on military sites and the incursion into southern Syria as injust… we call on the international community to find…
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Geir Pederson, the United Nations’ special envoy to Syria, center, listens to a woman who was looking for her missing relative in the Saydnaya prison, during his visit to the infamous Saydnaya military prison, in Saydnaya north of Damascus, Syria, on December 16, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The United Nations told the leader of…
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The United States said Saturday it had made contact with Syria’s victorious Hayat Tahrir al-Sham rebels, as Western and Arab states along with Turkey jointly voiced support for a united, peaceful Syria. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s comment on “direct contact” with the HTS rebels came despite the United States having designated the group as…
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A torn posters shows the late Syrian President Hafez Assad and his son the ousted Syrian president Bashar Assad, that were set at the entrance of the notorious security detention centre called Palestine Branch, in Damascus, Syria, on December 14, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The story so far:Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria for 24…
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Damascus: Syria’s Islamist-led rebel alliance had been planning the surprise ouster of President Basher al-Assad for a year, an opposition military leader told the Guardian in an interview published Friday. The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) Islamist group, which says it has moved away from its roots in Al-Qaeda, has long-controlled a part of northwest Syria….
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Syria’s Islamist militant leader on Tuesday (December 10, 2024) vowed to pursue former senior government officials responsible for torture and war crimes, a day after he began talks on the transfer of power following President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. Mr. Assad fled Syria as the Islamist-led opposition alliance swept into the capital Damascus, bringing a spectacular…
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A drone view shows buildings in Damascus, after Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar al-Assad, Syria December 10, 2024 | Photo Credit: Reuters The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Syrian Islamist militant group, had been preparing for months for a large-scale offensive against regime forces. The civil war was quiet for years, particularly after the regime…