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Syria: Toppled statue of Hafez al-Assad, symbol of his son Bashar's overthrow
The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun ...
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Opinion/Guest column: High stakes for US in wake of Syrian regime's fall
A worker tears down the pictures of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, his father Hafez al-Assad, the late Hezbollah leader Sayyed ...
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Syrians Pose for Photos at Symbolic Attraction: a Toppled Statue of Hafez al-Assad
A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo ...
Lessons from Syria’s volatile past for its uncertain future
Syria has faced such transitions before. Unless secular, pro-democracy advocates learn from the past, we risk falling into ...
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 ...
Shock moment missing Austin Tice’s mother finds chilling clue in Syrian prison amid search for son held by Assad brutes
THE mom of a missing US journalist abducted by Assad’s savage regime has discovered a chilling clue about her son in a Syrian ...
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Lessons from Syria’s volatile past for its uncertain future
In 1970, Hafez al-Assad took power in Syria after a coup he dubbed the “Corrective Movement.” This was after years of intense conflict within the Baath Party, beginning with the 1961 coup ...
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How are Western sanctions affecting Syria’s post-Assad transition?
Western sanctions were part of an effort to pressure al-Assad to change his actions, and Western policymakers argue that they ...
Effectively Banned by the Government, a Syrian Film Resurfaces
Stars in Broad Daylight,” with a domineering character who strongly resembles Hafez al-Assad, had one official showing in Damascus. Now it’s been restored.