Syrian rebels

Assad was a brutal dictator. Will Syria's new leaders be any better?

Decades of brutal rule by Assad have left Syria fragmented ethnically, religiously, and politically.

By TRACY WILKINSON/LOS ANGELES TIMES/TNS
09/12/2024
Iraqi Kurds wave flags of Iraqi Kurdistan during a demonstration

Amid toppling of Assad, Kurds in Syria appeal to Israel for help

This comes as the regime of former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was crumbling, and the country was taken over by Islamist rebels. 

09/12/2024

US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, Biden says

Biden said US forces on Sunday conducted a dozen precision strikes within Syria targeting camps and operatives of the terrorist group Islamic State.

By REUTERS
08/12/2024

Syrian opposition leader calls for 18 month transition period before elections

Al-Bahra, President of the Syrian National Coalition, said Syria should draft a constitution within six months, on which the first election would be a referendum.

By REUTERS
08/12/2024

PIJ chief flees Syria to Iran, fearing assassination by Israel

According to KAN, the terror group operated in Syria under the auspices of Assad's regime. 

The bloody, corrupt history of the Assad regime toppled by rebel forces

The future of a country devastated by 14 years of civil war and 54 years of dictatorship now remains to be seen. 

Reporting from the Golan Heights, on the day Assad was overthrown

Jerusalem Post reporter Seth J. Frantzman reports from the Golan Heights, near the abandoned Syrian town of Quneitra, where a lone regime flag still stood.

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