Assad, Syria and Islamists

A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus
A Syrian family that survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people near the country's capital, ...
Syria’s New Leaders Try to Unite Rebel Factions Under a Single Government
As the fighters who ousted Bashar al-Assad set out to assert control over the country, they pursued former government forces ...
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State Department, U.S. intel memos unmask longtime terrorism ties of Syria’s new governing regime
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham outfit has carried out killings, kidnappings and terror attacks and has prior ties to ISIS and ...
US concedes it has double the number of troops in Syria as Biden sends officials to Damascus
The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed ...
In first in-person contact, US officials met Syria's HTS in Damascus
U.S. diplomats visiting Damascus held Washington's first in-person official meetings with Syria's new de facto rulers led by ...
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Syria authorities say torched 1 million captagon pills
Syria's new authorities torched a large stockpile of drugs on Wednesday, two security officials told AFP, including one ...
Syria Authorities Say Armed Groups Have Agreed To Disband
Syria's new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution ...
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Syria rescuers, activist say site outside Damascus believed to be mass grave
A key Syrian rescue group and an activist told AFP on Wednesday a burial site outside Damascus was likely a mass grave for ...