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What do you do when your country tortures you? Syrian refugees are finding a landmark pathway to justice in German courts.

Former Syrian intelligence officers were convicted in a landmark war-crimes case in Germany. Former…

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Syria secretly stole $100 million from UN donations by manipulating currency exchange rates, report says

Researchers said that Syria made the UN use its official exchange rate for donations, which is more…

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Bashar Assad's inevitable presidential victory is another sign of the limits on the US's power

For the sake of the Syrian people, Assad should go, but that change of regime isn't going to happen…

Bonnie Kristian, Defense Prio…   


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Four journalists set up a refugee-led news outlet in Madrid after fleeing Syria

The site, called Baynana, publishes news in both Arabic and Spanish and aims to cater to the growin…

Yelena Dzhanova   


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A top White House counterterrorism official reportedly met with the Assad regime in Syria for US hostage talks

The secret negotiations represent the first time such a high-level US official has met with the Ass…

Kelsey Vlamis   


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Trump says he wanted to kill Syrian President Bashar Assad but Mattis stopped him before he could 'take him out'

Two years ago, President Donald Trump said killing Syria's authoritarian ruler was never contemplat…

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In attempt to discourage people from funding the Syrian regime, the US State Department sanctions Bashar al-Assad's son

"Syria sanctions are not intended to harm the Syrian people....or hinder our stabilization activiti…

Sarah Al-Arshani   


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The US's latest move to oust Assad from Syria may only help him dig in further

Opinion: By destroying legitimate commerce and immiserating the middle class, sanctions undermine t…

Gil Barndollar, Defense Prior…   


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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's mother has died

According to the Associated Press, "She was to prove a devoted wife and mother and Assad's closest …

Amanda Macias,Reuters   


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Putin's Ukraine playbook is familiar he used it in Syria

Putin's playbook in Syria and now in Ukraine includes: bombing hospitals, a disinformation campaign…

Mohamad Bazzi   


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How Bashar Assad rose from a comfortable childhood to become one of the deadliest world leaders in modern history

The embattled president's rise to power was initially met with optimism in the west, where it was b…

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Dutch police arrest Syrian immigrant accused of war crimes and ties to pro-Assad militias

"Never before has anyone been arrested under these suspicions in the Netherlands who allegedly side…

Azmi Haroun   


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Bashar al-Assad May Be The Biggest Winner Of Egypt's Coup

Observers such as Tarek Osman, an Egyptian political economist and author of "Egypt on the Brink", …

Samia Nakhoul, Reuters   


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Assad's Seat Of Power Is Not Invincible

But the Syrian civil war is heading second year with no end in sight. The rebels appear to have a s…

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Walter White And Bashar Al Assad Share The New Yorker Cover

Breaking Bad's cancerous chemist Walter White is the most popular guy nowadays on TV. On the flip s…

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Donald Trump is repeating Syrian President Bashar Assad's talking points

"Since it intervened militarily in Syria over a year ago to save Assad, Russia has concentrated its…

Pamela Engel   


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Here's How Bashar Al-Assad Says He Explains The Syrian Civil War To His Kids

"The most difficult thing in this discussion is when you deal with children whose social consciousn…

Jeremy Bender,Armin Rosen   


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EX-CIA DIRECTOR: Bashar Assad Win May Be Syria's 'Best Option'

And the second outcome, which Hayden deemed the most likely, was the "dissolution of Syria" and the…

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Planes are avoiding Syria in case they get caught in a US airstrike on Assad

Eurocontrol said: "Due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria with air-to-ground and/or c…

Alexandra Ma   


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The Three Reasons Russia Backs Assad So Staunchly

"First, Russia is against any regime change from outside of Syria or any other country because acco…

Michael Kelley