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…

A Traditional Ramadan Treat Gets a Modern Remake (but Good Luck Getting It)
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A Traditional Ramadan Treat Gets a Modern Remake (but Good Luck Getting It)

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines As the minutes ticked closer to sundown, the crowd grew more impatient, pressing against the glass display case, shouting and shoving bills toward the young men filling order after order of the Ramadan sweet bread. “If you please—” “What is this stuffed with?”…

Hundreds of Civilians in Syria Take Shelter at Russian Air Base
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Hundreds of Civilians in Syria Take Shelter at Russian Air Base

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Hundreds of civilians have sought refuge at a Russian air base on Syria’s coast, satellite imagery reveals, as thousands have fled violent unrest that the United Nations said on Tuesday appeared to have been driven by sectarianism. Footage and satellite images reviewed and…

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…