From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad Damascus
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From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad Damascus

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines new video loaded: From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad Damascus transcript Back transcript From Fighters to Policemen in a Post-Assad Damascus As the rebels who ousted Syria’s longtime dictator, Bashar al-Assad, transition from insurgents to administrators, maintaining order in the streets of…

On the Ground in Damascus as Syrians Chart a New Path
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On the Ground in Damascus as Syrians Chart a New Path

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a matter of days, Syria’s capital — once the stronghold of Bashar al-Assad’s government — became the epicenter of a new chapter in the country’s history after opposition forces overran the city. Christina Goldbaum, a New York Times correspondent, traveled to Damascus…

With Assad ousted, a new era starts in Syria as the world watches
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With Assad ousted, a new era starts in Syria as the world watches

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syrians awakened on Monday to a hopeful if uncertain future after rebels seized the capital, Damascus, and President Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia following 13 years of civil war and more than 50 years of his family’s brutal rule. The lightning advance of a militia…

Assad has left Damascus, say senior army officers; Syria rebels say they are in capital
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Assad has left Damascus, say senior army officers; Syria rebels say they are in capital

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments. “We celebrate with the Syrian people the…

How Global Conflicts Helped Reignite Syria’s Civil War
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How Global Conflicts Helped Reignite Syria’s Civil War

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rebels launched sweeping assaults against the forces of President Bashar al-Assad in northwestern Syria, taking control of large portions of territory, including much of the city of Aleppo. Carlotta Gall, a senior correspondent for The New York Times, explains how events beyond Syria’s…

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

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Al-Bara, Syria – Musa Baghdadi paid $6,000 for the privilege of exchanging one bombardment for another. “I paid to escape the shelling in Lebanon to reach my village, which is also under bombardment by Assad’s army,” he tells Al Jazeera at his modest, one-storey home in al-Bara, western Idlib. The…

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad | Syria’s War News

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Counterterrorism prosecutors failed to have warrant annulled on grounds that al-Assad enjoys immunity as head of state. A Paris appeals court has upheld the validity of an arrest warrant issued for the Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad over alleged complicity in war crimes committed during the country’s civil war, according to…