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'Time is of the essence' in preserving evidence of Assad regime crimes, top UN official says
Robert Petit urgently needs permission from Syria's interim authorities to inspect sites and preserve evidence ...
Syria’s mass graves: Accounting for the dead and disappeared is crucial for the nation to heal
Shortly after the fall of Bashar Assad in Syria in December 2024, reports emerged of mass graves being uncovered in liberated ...
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Syrian defector known as ‘Caesar’ reveals identity
A Syrian military defector whose photographs made clear the extent to which torture and killing were taking place inside the prisons of the former Assad regime has revealed his identity. The man ...
US tells UN: We cannot pay forever for Syria camps with Islamic State-linked prisoners
U.S. assistance for managing and securing camps in northeastern Syria with Islamic State-linked prisoners "cannot last ...
US Park Service erases the word 'transgender' from website commemorating Stonewall riot
The changes were made Thursday in the wake of an executive order Trump signed calling for the federal government to define ...
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‘Everything is better than before’: How Syria is reopening to tourists
“Hello from Free Syria. I’m in Damascus right now. It’s a beautiful winter. Everything is better than before,” Ayoub Alsmadi, founder of Syria Scope Travel, told CNN Travel. “Everyone is ...
Foreign Affairs3d
Syria’s Biggest Problem
But already, Syria’s post-Assad future is on a knife’s edge. The obstacles to reconstructing the country are immense. Chief among them is the question of refugees forced from the country during ...
Khaleej Times4d
Syria leader tells podcast thousands joining new army
Syrian interim President Ahmed Al Sharaa said in an interview released on Monday that "thousands" of people were joining the country's new army following the overthrow of Bashar Al Assad and the ...
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Sanctions on Syrian banks choke recovery hopes, investment chief says
DAMASCUS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge interest from Syrian and foreign investors ...
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Woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Syria jailed by Swedish court
A woman who kept Yazidi women and children as slaves in Raqqa, Syria, during the rule of the terror group ISIS was on Tuesday jailed by a Swedish court on charges of ...
Middle East Eye3d
Syrian town branded 'conscience of the revolution' hopeful and wary after Assad's fall
For most of Syria's 14-year civil war, Kafranbel was one of the most internationally recognised hubs of resistance to the government of Bashar al-Assad. Residents of the small town in Idlib ...
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IDF strikes underground tunnel crossing from Syria into Lebanon
IAF aircraft on Sunday evening conducted a precise intelligence-based strike on an underground tunnel crossing from Syrian territory into Lebanese territory that was used by Hezbollah to smuggle ...