A French Cartoonist Draws a Window Into the Middle East
Riad Sattouf’s saga of his parents’ failed bicultural marriage, with its harsh depiction of life in rural Syria, has become a ...
Intelligencer on MSN3dOpinion
The New Yorker’s Anxious 100th Birthday Celebration
S taffers of The New Yorker who go into the office, as Condé Nast now requires them to do, have noticed something different ...
U.S. News & World Report5d
France Issues New Arrest Warrant for Syria's Assad - Source
France Issues New Arrest Warrant for Syria's Assad - Source PARIS (Reuters) - French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for ...
Los Angeles Times4d
Syria’s Alawites, tainted by Assad, endure a fall from grace
DEIR SHMAYEL, Syria — In the mountains east of Syria’s Mediterranean coast, armed patrols root out Assad loyalists, masked gunmen monitor checkpoints and residents fret every strange face coul ...
The Hindu4d
After Assad’s ouster, Syrians return to homes devastated by years of civil war
Syria’s war began in 2011 when Assad unleashed a crackdown on democracy protests, prompting soldiers to defect from the army and civilians to take up weapons. When Eastern Ghouta, where ...
Reuters4d
Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police
Focus on Islamic teachings in police training raises concern among some Syrians Police trainers say this is to instil a sense of morality in recruits Bashar al-Assad's security forces had a ...
EU Considers 'Staged Approach' to Suspending Syria Sanctions
EU sanctions include bans on oil imports from Syria, as well as a ban on investment in the Syrian oil industry and a freeze ...
Barron's3d
Saudi FM In Syria For First Visit Since Assad's Ouster
Washington had already eased sanctions on Syria following Assad's overthrow, with the EU widely expected to follow suit when it addresses the issue at its next foreign ministers' meeting on Monday.
Al-Monitor6d
France issues new arrest warrant for Syria's Assad: source
Two French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, the second such move by France's judicial ...
Barron's4d
Syria's Economy Reborn After Being Freed From Assad
When Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria, merchants like Youssef Rajab kept much of their imported stock hidden for fear of arrest for breaking the law. But after an Islamist-led coalition toppled Assad ...
ABC News3d
Syria's economic pains far from over despite Assad's ouster
Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed DAMASCUS, Syria -- Samir al-Baghdad grabbed his pickax ...
New York Post3d
Syria’s new leaders using Islamic law to rebuild Assad’s police
Assad’s myriad security forces were widely feared for tyrannical and predatory behavior, ranging from arrests of dissidents who ended up tortured or killed to demanding bribes to resolve minor ...