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Syria interim president names new govt dominated by allies

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Saturday announced a new transitional government dominated by close allies and including one woman, replacing caretaker authorities in place since the ouster of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad....

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Syria authorities expand fight against Assad loyalists

Syria’s new authorities launched a sweeping security operation on Friday after clashes with fighters loyal to former president Bashar al-Assad, the biggest challenge to their rule so far, left at least 71 people dead.

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New Syria leader holds talks with Jordan king

Syria’s interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Wednesday on his third foreign visit since ousting Bashar al-Assad...

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Syria leader tells thousands joining new army

Syrian interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa said in an interview released Monday that ‘thousands’ of people were joining the country’s new army following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and the dissolution of his military...

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International flights resume at Damascus airport

International flights resumed at Syria’s main airport in Damascus on Tuesday for the first time since Islamist-led forces toppled president Bashar al-Assad last month...

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300 arrested in Syria crackdown on Assad loyalists

Syria’s new authorities have arrested nearly 300 people, including informants, pro-regime fighters and former soldiers, in a crackdown on loyalists to ousted former president Bashar al-Assad, a monitor said on Sunday.

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Syria authorities launch operation in Assad stronghold

Syria’s new authorities launched an operation in a stronghold of ousted president Bashar al-Assad on Thursday, with a war monitor saying three gunmen affiliated with the former government were killed.

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Assad denies ‘planned’ departure from Syria

Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that his departure from Syria was not planned and that Moscow requested his evacuation from a military base that was under attack, in the former president’s first statement since his ouster.

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Victory rallies celebrate end of Assad

Thousands of jubilant people rallied in cities across Syria, including at a landmark mosque in the capital Damascus, to celebrate during the first Friday prayers since the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad.

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Khamenei says Assad’s fall will not weaken Iran

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday the weakening of the anti-Israel ‘resistance’ after the ouster of Bashar al-Assad in Syria would not diminish Tehran’s power...

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Kremlin refuses to confirm if Assad in Russia

The Kremlin declined on Monday to confirm reports that toppled Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had fled to Moscow, adding that it was ‘surprised’ by the rebel takeover...

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Lessons from Syria’s struggle for freedom

THE question of who ousted Bashar al-Assad has dominated countless headlines, debates and think tank discussions. Yet, for the millions of Syrians whose lives have been shaped — and shattered — by decades of brutal governance, this question is a distraction. The real focus should be on the human cost of oppression, the erasure of freedoms and the...

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Bashar al-Assad, family get asylum in Russia

Ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and his family have received political asylum from the Kremlin for ‘humanitarian reasons’, reports Al Jazeera.

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Damascus embassy of Iran vandalised

Iran’s embassy in Syria was vandalised on Sunday, an AFP photographer said, after Islamist-led rebels declared the fall of Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping offensive that culminated in Damascus.

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Celebrations across Syria as Assad flees

Celebrations erupted around Syria and crowds ransacked President Bashar al-Assad's luxurious home on Sunday after Islamist-led rebels swept into Damascus and declared he had fled the country, in a spectacular end to five decades of Baath party rule.

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Lebanon boosting troops on Syria border

The Lebanese army said on Sunday it was reinforcing its presence on the border with neighbouring Syria, after the government of president Bashar al-Assad fell and rebels took the capital Damascus...

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Assad meets Putin at Moscow

President Vladimir Putin held talks with Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in Moscow amid calls for Russian mediation to cool tensions between...

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Syrians vote in parliamentary poll

Syrians in government-held areas were voting Monday in their fourth parliamentary election since civil war erupted in 2011, a poll expected to keep President Bashar al-Assad’s...

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