How Assad's army collapsed in Syria: demoralised conscripts, absent allies
Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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5 things to watch as Syria confronts a new future
The sudden collapse of President Bashar al-Assad has come as welcome news to many, but there are jitters both inside and ...
Syria Monitor Says Islamic State Group Kills 54 Fleeing Soldiers
A Syria war monitor said Tuesday that Islamic State group jihadists in central Homs province killed 54 soldiers who were fleeing as Islamist-led rebels pressed a major offensive on ...
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HTS rebels vow to pursue regime officials responsible for torturing Syrians
Ahmed al-Sharaa has pledged to punish officials involved in torturing Syrian dissidents, promising rewards for those who can ...
The inmates released from Assad’s notorious prisons in Syria: ‘I haven’t seen the sun until today’
Far from his home in Syria, Omar Alshogre, who was detained in a Syrian prison for three years – and now splits his time ...
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HTS confirm Al-Bashir as Syrian caretaker prime minister
Israel is conducting major air strikes across Syria, claiming to hit military infrastructure, as Damascus recovers from a ...
Syria is free of its dictator. The rebels’ biggest challenge now is learning how to govern
Those rebels – led by the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham – must now try to unite a country cleaved apart by more than a decade of civil ...
How Assad’s government in Syria fell
Aleppo had been firmly held by the government since a 2016 victory there, one of the war's major turning points, when Russian ...
Putin Just Suffered a Huge Defeat
This time, when Bashar al-Assad started to fall, Russia was not there to catch him.