Displaced and freed Syrians return home but struggle to find their houses under mounds of rubble
After 14 years of war, Syrian cities like Qaboun lie in ruins, with homes buried under rubble and landmarks erased.
Syria's minorities seek security as country charts new future
Assad's Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shia Islam whose members make up one of Syria's biggest religious minorities. Alawites ...
AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria’s Saydnaya prison, dubbed ‘The Slaughterhouse’
Behind the coils of razor wire and concrete walls, glimpses of the horror emerge from the warren of dank, airless corridors ...
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From Zaatari to a Rebuilt Syria: A Young Woman’s Vision of Hope, Resilience, and Power
Malak Farouq is a Syrian refugee living in the Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan. She reflects on the fall of the over 50-year Assad regime and what it means for her to be able to return to her home, ...
Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition
Sawsan Abou Zainedin left Syria during a civil war, while Bashar al-Assad was in power. Now, with rebel militants in control, Ms. Abou Zainedin is working on the country’s delicate political ...
For Syrians in U.S., joy, worry and a longing to return after Assad’s fall
Syrians in the United States are grappling with the implications of the end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime and what it means for ...
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Syrians begin to return to destroyed homes. Will others follow?
In the days since al-Assad fell on 8 December, following a rapid advance from Idlib to Damascus by rebels led by Hayat Tahrir ...
With al-Assad Gone, Syrians in Homs Assess the Destruction
The ancient city, an early stronghold of opposition to Bashar al-Assad’s oppressive regime, was ravaged by a government crackdown. New York Times correspondents in Homs spoke to people who were ...
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Syrian rebels claim key city of Homs, set sights on Damascus
Syrian rebels announced they gained full control over the key city of Homs early on Sunday after only a day of fighting, leaving President Bashar al-Assad's 24-year rule dangling by a thread as ...
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Syria's Assad is now in Moscow, Russian state media says
The IDF has reportedly warned Syrian residents in five southern communities to stay home for their safety. Israeli forces on Sunday also took over the Syrian side of Mount Hermon in the Golan ...
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Syrian government services come to a ‘complete halt’ as state workers stay home after rebel takeover
“Bashar Assad has fallen!” In southern Turkey, Mustafa Sultan was among hundreds of Syrian refugees waiting at border crossings to head home. He was searching for his older brother, who was ...
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Rebels seize control of Syria's capital as Assad flees to Russia
"Long Live a Free Syria." A separate video showed the country's prime minister, Ghazi al-Jalali, being escorted from his home by armed rebels to hand formal power to a committee formed from ...