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Syrian rebels intensify security in Damascus
Syrian insurgents intensified their security measures in Damascus after clashes between those who are now in power and supporters of Bashar Assad
Damascus is surprisingly calm a week after Syria's rebels took over
Just a week after President Bashir al-Assad's regime was toppled by the Islamist HTS rebel group, people were going about their lives as usual in Syria's capital, Damascus, shopping and socialising - and with surprisingly few armed rebels patrolling the streets.
Iraqi security chief meets Syria’s rebel leader in Damascus
Iraqi intelligence chief Hamid al-Shatri met on Thursday in Damascus with Ahmad al-Sharaa, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, the Syrian insurgent group that overthrew ousted president Bashar Assad on December 8.
Damascus rally demands news of missing Syrians
A silent crowd gathered in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday to press the new authorities about the fate of relatives who went missing under Bashar al-Assad and to demand justice for their loved ones.
Iraq Says Govt Officials Meet New Syria Authorities In Damascus
An Iraqi delegation met with Syria's new rulers in Damascus on Thursday, an Iraqi government spokesman said, the latest diplomatic outreach more than two weeks after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule.
Syria: Public security patrols patrol the city of Damascus
Public security patrols patrol the city of Damascus.
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New leaders in Damascus call for cordial Syria ties with a resistant Israel
Sponsor Message Marwan said his views represented those of the city of Damascus, and the political views of his boss – ...
Syria's minority Christians protest in Damascus after Christmas tree set afire
Protests in Christian neighborhoods of Syria's capital city erupted after a Christmas tree was set ablaze weeks after the ...
The fall of Damascus expressed in one moment, as witnessed by an AP photographer
He became a staff photographer in October 2003, taking up base in Jordan before becoming chief photographer out of Beirut two ...
Watching The Sun Rise Over A New Damascus
Assad, Afaf Mohammed did what she could not for more than a decade: she climbed Mount Qasyun to admire a sleeping Damascus ...
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What Assad’s fall has revealed about Syria’s trade in the stimulant drug Captagon
Syria’s nearly 14-year-old civil war fragmented the country, crumbled the economy and created fertile ground for the ...
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City that fostered Syria’s uprising celebrates life without Assad
In 2011, as the Arab Spring took hold across the Middle East, the seeds of Syria's revolution were sown by students and young ...
Hundreds protest in Damascus after Christmas tree set ablaze
Syria’s de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has tried to cast his leadership as one that will protect minorities, including ...
Clashes between Islamists now in power in Syria and Assad’s supporters kill 6 fighters
Clashes between Islamists who took over Syria and supporters of ousted President Bashar Assad’s government have killed two ...
Women rally for equal rights in Syria after Assad's fall to Islamists
Thousands of women rallied in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli to demand the new Islamist rulers in Damascus respect ...
Syria authorities arrest official behind Saydnaya death penalties
Syria's new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war ...