Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad
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Opinion | In Syria, an Account of Life Under al-Assad

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From Ghouta, Ms. Al-Khalil kept a diary, fragments of her experience under bombardment and siege. Like some 113,000 Syrians who have been forcibly disappeared since 2011, she was abducted, on Dec. 9, 2013. We still don’t know where she is or if she…

Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say
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Syria Likely Has Over 100 Chemical Weapons Sites, Inspectors Say

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than 100 chemical weapons sites are suspected to remain in Syria, left behind after the fall of the longtime president, Bashar al-Assad, according to the leading international organization that tracks these weapons. That number is the first estimate of its kind as…

Syria’s Leader Appoints New Government After Ousting Assad
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Syria’s Leader Appoints New Government After Ousting Assad

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, announced late Saturday the formation of a caretaker government that will lead the country through a crucial transition as it emerges from more than 50 years of dictatorship under the Assad family’s iron-fisted rule. Mr. al-Shara, who led…

Syria’s Interim President Calls for Unity Amid Fresh Fighting
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Syria’s Interim President Calls for Unity Amid Fresh Fighting

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, appealed on Sunday for calm and for unity as he moved to reassure the nation after days of clashes that a monitoring group said had killed hundreds of people. “We must preserve national unity and civil peace,” he…

Violence Sweeps Coastal Syria, Sowing Chaos: ‘We Have to Get Out of Here’
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Violence Sweeps Coastal Syria, Sowing Chaos: ‘We Have to Get Out of Here’

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The gunfire began at dawn on Friday in the town of al-Haffa on Syria’s Mediterranean coast. At first, Wala, a 29-year-old resident of the town, leaped off her bed to the corner of the room in her first-floor apartment, flattening herself as the…

Hundreds of Civilians Killed by Government Forces in Syria, War Monitors Say
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Hundreds of Civilians Killed by Government Forces in Syria, War Monitors Say

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Three days of clashes between fighters affiliated with Syria’s new leaders and those loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad have left scores of civilians dead, according to two war monitoring groups, who reported on Saturday that many of them had been killed…

What We Know About the Clashes in Syria
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What We Know About the Clashes in Syria

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group, has reported attacks on Alawite civilians, frequently by unknown gunmen. The country’s new rulers have pledged to bring all armed groups under the state’s control, but the security situation remains unstable, with some…

At Least 70 Killed as Syria’s Security Forces Clash With Assad Loyalists
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At Least 70 Killed as Syria’s Security Forces Clash With Assad Loyalists

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At least 70 people were killed and dozens wounded in overnight clashes between the new authorities in Syria and gunmen loyal to the ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said, in the bloodiest skirmishes since the collapse of the Assad government. The…

Deadly Clashes Pose Test for Syria’s New Leaders
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Deadly Clashes Pose Test for Syria’s New Leaders

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines At least 16 security personnel were killed on Thursday by gunmen loyal to Syria’s ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, a war monitor said, in one of the deadliest clashes for Syria’s new leaders since the collapse of the Assad government. The attack in Latakia…