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Syria to hold parliamentary ballot in September as first elections since Assad’s removal
Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process told ...
Southern Syria exploded into the worst violence of post-Assad era. What that means for the region's future
Seven months of relative calm in Syria came to a bloody end last week, when what began as local skirmishes escalated into the ...
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After Assad: Syria’s Fractured Path Forward - MSN
Syria’s most pressing challenge is resolving its deep domestic fractures. The fall of Assad has left a country with weak institutions, destroyed infrastructure, and a population divided along ...
French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for Syrian chemical attacks
France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of ...
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How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state
As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon ...
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How Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fell so quickly - MSN
Under Assad, Syria’s biggest regional benefactor was Iran, but since the Oct. 7 attacks, it has withstood Israeli military strikes and watched its Palestinian ally, Hamas, also weakened by Israel.
Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence
Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the second major episode of sectarian violence since the ouster of longtime ...