Syria's Four Wars Explained 14 Years On
Fourteen years after Syria's civil war began, the nation's new Islamist government faces sectarian conflict on four fronts.
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The First Test for Syria’s Transition Will Be the Economy
toppled on Dec. 8 by a coalition of rebel fighters led by the Islamist militia Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS. The sweaters, wrist bands and beanies emblazoned with Syria’s revolutionary flag are ...
Kurdish PKK militants declare a ceasefire in 40-year insurgency in Turkey
delegation members releasing an statement from the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, in Qamishli, ...
The New York Times18d
From Jihadist to President: The Evolution of Syria’s New Leader
The same commander became Syria’s new president after a rebel alliance he led ousted the ... he wore a red one — the colors of their flags. Many conservative Muslim men keep their wives ...
Al-Monitor14d
End of an era? PKK leader Ocalan orders militants to end war with Turkey, 'dissolve'
While Ocalan's call raises hopes for ending decades of conflict with Turkey, questions remain about the future of Kurdish ...
dw21d
In Duma, planting the seeds of Syria's postwar future
In December, when the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ... had herself filmed and held up the new Syrian flag. "Look where I am, we're back," she wrote to her friends.
Al-Monitor26d
Syrians return to Homs, 'capital of the revolution'
A girl holds an independence-era Syrian flag out of the window of a bus at the entrance to ... The military responded by besieging and bombarding rebel areas such as Baba Amr, where US journalist ...
Newsweek10d
Trump's Top Two Middle East Allies Are on a Collision Course in Syria
The remarks were met with protests by Syrian Druze who carried the new Syrian flag and called for ... JD Vance was notably suspicious of the rebel victory, likening it to past jihadi advances ...
The National on MSN8d
UK lifts sanctions against dozens of Syrian entities including central bank
The UK government on Thursday removed 24 Syrian entities from its sanctions list and unfrozen their assets, including the ...
Sky29d
Meet the soldiers hunting down senior Assad regime leaders who terrorised Syria
Image: The new Syrian flag in Damascus So for me, my visits to Damascus are part discovery, and part depressing confirmation of what I had expected to see, especially the vast suburban areas ...
Northern Public Radio10d
Meet the Syrians behind the music that inspired a revolution
It's plastered on the country's new flags, on sweaters and on the side of buses ... the singer's nephew, who became a rebel fighter alongside his uncle in northern Syria. "He was going out, and I told ...
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Syrian president meets with Kurds in Afrin, promises to end violations: ENKS
Four of the Kurds who warmly welcomed the force with the Kurdistan flag were later arrested by the local militants and accused of ties with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF ...