The History That Syria’s New Leaders Will Need to Overcome
The Assad regime cultivated ethnic and religious divides that threaten Syria's future even after the dynasty's fall.
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In Syria, the Assads leave a bitter legacy after a half-century of repressive rule
Assad, combined to rule Syria for more than 50 years, always with an iron fist that crushed dissent and relied on the country ...
How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad
The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and ...
Bashar al-Assad Fleeing Syria Brings an End to Generational Terror for Some Syrian Families
After Hafez’s passing in the summer of 2000, we clung to the hope that the torch he left behind would fall into more ...
Syria rebels burn tomb of Bashar al-Assad's father
Syrian rebel fighters have destroyed the tomb of late president Hafez al-Assad, father of ousted president Bashar, in the ...
Syria at a crossroads: What fate awaits the country after the fall of al-Assad?
As rebels seize control in Syria after more than a decade of war, the future is uncertain. Key concerns include al-Assad's ...
Syria's Sednaya prison was the 'slaughterhouse' for many: ex-inmates
No other building in the war-torn country of Syria symbolizes the sheer horror of the al-Assad family regime more, its former ...
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Syria After Assad
The scramble is on to define the future of Syria, quickly, to avert a war even more divisive than the conflict that has riven ...
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After 54 years of brutal rule, Syria is at a crossroads. Here are 4 priorities to avoid yet another war
The consequences were catastrophic. A devastating civil war broke out, resulting in more than 300,000 deaths (some estimates ...
Assad makes first public statement after Syria ouster. What happens next for him and his wealth?
Syrian leader Bashar Assad issued what appeared to be his first public statement since he was ousted and fled with his family ...
Who is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years?
Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held power for more ...
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Fall Of Assads: How An Alawite Family Ruled Over A Sunni Nation For Decades
Hafez al-Assad rose to power in a coup on November 13, 1970, marking the beginning of a new era in Syria. At the time, the country was characterised by political instability, with a series of ...