Syria’s rebels took Homs back from Assad in a matter of days. Now they have to police it
Bel Trew meets the new police chief in Syria’s third city, tasked with keeping the peace now that forces led by the Islamist ...
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‘Systematic’ destruction keeps Homs’ displaced from returning home
For displaced Syrians in camps, cities and towns across northwestern Syria, the victory of the revolution with the fall of ...
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 ...
Sectarian violence in Syria has been less intense than feared since Assad’s ouster
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that Syrians might live peacefully and as equals after a half century ...
Hopes raised in Syria as sectarian violence lesser than expected
The toppling of Bashar Assad has raised tentative hopes that all Syrians might live cooperatively and peacefully in a new ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
How Putin’s friends plundered Syria before fleeing the country
When his Russian bosses and the mercenaries protecting them finally left, Homam Kasouha walked into the plant’s head office ...
Jeremy Bowen: Syria's new ruler is politically astute - but can he keep his promises?
Bashar al-Assad became a client of Iran and Russia and fled the country when they stopped supporting him. The US is in the ...
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Who's been funding the HTS rebels now in control of Syria?
Sham, or HTS, made a lightning assault across Syria. Where did the rebels get the cash, weapons and training that made their ...
From tyranny to triumph: Syria’s liberation revives my family’s dream of democracy
For my family, with its deep connection to Syria’s democratic past and its painful history under the Assad regime, the ...
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Displaced Syrians return to face daunting task of rebuilding homes and families
In Syria, people are returning home after years of a civil war that displaced millions and left the country divided and ...
Syria’s White Helmets: ‘I see hope in the eyes of the people’
Syria’s White Helmets rescue teams have flooded back to towns and cities previously held by the Assad regime with a pledge to ...