by Our Correspondent in Doha The IL-76T cargo plane allegedly carrying Bashar al-Assad, the now-former President of the Syrian Arab Republic, has reportedly crashed near the town of Al-Suwayri after disappearing from
In a strong and unequivocal statement, Dr. Fawaz Akhras, the father of Asma al-Assad, the wife of deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has publicly rejected recent reports from Turkish media suggesting that
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In After Assad: Is Syria The New Libya In The Mediterranean?, Nilantha Ilangamuwa presents a thorough examination of Syria’s future after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The book tackles the complex
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by Our Correspondent in Doha following the ousting of former President Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, met with representatives of various military factions in
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Syria has fallen, but not into the arms of liberation – it has tumbled headlong into the clenched fists of extremism. The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad by Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the jihadist
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The downfall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria surprised even the opposition, led by Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, offering fertile ground for conspiracy theories. What roles did Israel, Turkey, Russia,
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One of the most stunning events of the past few months has been the fall of Damascus. This fall had initially been expected over a decade ago, when rebel armies funded by
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Syria’s largest oil refinery, the Baniyas refinery, has ceased operations after it stopped receiving crude oil from Iran, its primary supplier for nearly a decade. Ibrahim Mousallem, the general manager of the
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The Syrian conflict is an evolving struggle marked by shifting allegiances, competing vested interests, and a tangled web of ideological battles. At its core, Syria has become
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“How many were the gardens and springs they left behind, and corn-fields and noble buildings, and wealth and conveniences of life, wherein they had taken such delight? Thus (was their end)! And
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President Bashar al-Assad ruled his country with an iron fist for 24 years, as his father had done for 30 years before him. When he appeared to prevail in Syria’s civil war,
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