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Damage control for Ahmad Al Shara after brother's links to pro-Assad tribal figure condemned
Syria's President Ahmad Al Shara has distanced himself from one of his four brothers after a public outcry over the sibling's ...
Assad Defaced: Syrians Destroy a Dictator’s Icons
Images of Bashar al-Assad and his family were emblematic of the dynasty’s grip on Syria. Though remnants linger after the ...
Ottawa Citizen on MSN10h
Citizen voter: When you grow up in a political family, you vote
As the federal election campaign picks up speed, the Citizen’s Bruce Deachman has been asking Ottawa residents to share, in ...
Syrians recall Assad's deadly chemical weapon attack over a decade later - NYT
On August 21, 2013, sarin gas attacks in Syria's Ghouta and Moadamiya killed 1,500 people, marking the deadliest strike of ...
‘I thought I’d died.’ How land mines are continuing to claim lives in post-Assad Syria
Since the fall of Bashar Assad’s government in December 2024, the number of land mine-related incidents has surged, ...
Syria Makes Rare Arrests of Palestinian Militant Group Leaders
The arrests marked a pendulum swing for the government. Under the Assad regime, Syria served as a base of operations for ...
GZERO Media on MSN4d
Why did Syria arrest two senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad members?
Two top officials of Palestinian Islamic Jihad were arrested “without explanation” in Syria, according to the Palestinian ...
Choking, Shaking, Foaming at the Mouth: Syrians Recount Gas Attack
Assad, unleashed a Sarin gas strike on the suburbs of Damascus in 2013, killing at least 1,500. Now, the survivors want ...
Los Angeles Times5d
‘I thought I’d died.’ How land mines are continuing to claim lives in post-Assad Syria
his brother said. For every mine cleared by people such as Mohammad, many more remain. In a nearby village, Jalal al-Maarouf, 22, was tending to his goats three days after the Assad government’s ...