For displaced Syrians in camps, cities and towns across northwestern Syria, the victory of the revolution with the fall of Bashar al-Assad on December 8 brought new hope: a chance, for the first time in years,
Homs, Syria’s third city, is nicknamed the “cradle of the revolution”. It witnessed some of the fiercest battles of the 13-year civil war – the scars of which are chiselled into many neighbourhoods. Homs’s population is diverse, composed of Sunni ...
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US-Backed Fighters Are Already Losing Hope in Post-Assad Syria
With al-Assad Gone, Syrians in Homs Assess the Destruction
The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive regime, was ravaged by a government crackdown. New York Times correspondents in Homs spoke to people who were reacting to his fall with smiles and tears.
US Delegation to Meet With Syrian Rebels That Ousted Assad
A delegation of American diplomats arrived in Syria to meet with representatives of several Syrian factions, including a rebel group designated as terrorists — who overthrew the country’s longtime dictator,
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Syria rebels celebrate in captured Homs, set sights on Damascus
Rebels capture city of Homs in Syria, threatening to topple Assad regime with Damascus in sight
Syrian rebels captured the key city of Homs on Saturday after less than a day of fighting, threatening the 24-year reign of dictator Bashar al-Assad as forces continue their rapid offensive towards Damascus. Thousands of residents poured into the city streets to celebrate after government forces abandoned the central Syrian city, residents said.
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After Aleppo, Homs and Dara, can rebel forces take over Syria's capital Damascus?
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Palestinian officials say at least 29 people were killed, including four medical staff, when Israeli strikes pummeled the area around one of the last remaining hospitals in northern Gaza.
CNN’s Clarissa Ward confirmed Tuesday evening that her recent story on the release of a Syrian prisoner was, in fact,
Assad’s regime fell. This is a fact, but it woefully understates the enormity, speed, and consequences of what has transpired. The brutal dictatorship that ruled Syria for more than 50 years disintegrated in fewer than 10 days.
Bashar al-Assad became a client of Iran and Russia and fled the country when they stopped supporting him. The US is in the north-east, to hunt remnants of Islamic State and to protect its Kurdish allies. Turkey controls much of the north-west and has its own Arab-led militia.
NPR makes an unprecedented visit to the desert camp full of Syrians who fled the regime and ISIS attacks nearly a decade ago. They were trapped against the border until the fall of the Syrian regime.
President Bashar Assad's whereabouts are unknown. Homs is an important intersection between Damascus and Syria’s coastal provinces that are the Syrian leader’s base of support. In Damascus ...
Syrian rebel leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani called on his fighters not to harm "those who drop their arms," according to the BBC.
For my family, with its deep connection to Syria’s democratic past and its painful history under the Assad regime, the country’s liberation has reignited dreams of freedom.
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