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Syria: A New Phase of Conflict Between Pro-Assad Forces and the Authorities?

Natasha Metni Torbey, 07/03 18:20 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Syria Bashar Assad Latakia Conflict Ahmad al-Sharaa

The Pandora’s box that opened in Syria in 2011 is far from closed. After the civil war that broke out 14 years ago, a new phase of tensions has begun in the wake of former President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster and his exile in Russia. On Thursday, fighting intensified across the country, particularly in the west, as supporters of the former ...

Syria Government Sets Up Security Cordon as Rebels Advance on Damascus

This is Beirut, 2024-12-07 22:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Syria Bashar Assad HTS Syrian Arab Army

Syria's embattled government said Saturday it was setting up a military cordon around Damascus, state media reported, as rebels on a lightning advance said they were bearing down on the city. "There is a very strong security and military cordon on the far edges of Damascus and its countryside, and no one... can penetrate this defensive line that ...

Assad Claims Rebels Attempting to 'Redraw' Regional Map

This is Beirut, 2024-12-02 16:51 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Syria Bashar Assad Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Turkey Russia

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday branded an Islamist-led offensive that has captured swathes of territory an attempt to redraw the regional map in line with US interests. His comments in a phonecall with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian came as Syria's military and its ally Russia launched deadly air raids on areas under ...

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