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Will Syria only be free when it can intoxicate?
According to BBC News, it's great that Syria is now free, but most vital is whether the new government will allow people to ...
Syria shouldn’t repeat the mistakes of Iraq’s hasty post-Saddam elections
Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not ...
The Economist9h
A short history of Syria, in maps
In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...
EU ministers will consider easing sanctions on Syria at a meeting later in January
Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called ...
How Early Christians Became a Family
A 31-year-old Wareham woman was rescued from the Cape Cod Canal on Jan. 9, according to Bourne Police. A group of Los Angeles ...
Post-Assad Syria: The end of Baathism and the rise of Islamism
Perhaps Abu Mohammed al-Julani will defy the grim precedent, maybe he will break away from Salafi jihadism and break the ...
France 244d
Syria’s forced disappearances: No relief for grieving families
Thousands of people who vanished during former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's reign are still missing, a month after the ...
The teeth and bones that hold the key to this century’s worst chemical weapons attack
Some 1,500 victims of a deadly nerve agent are believed to be buried in one mass grave in Syria – now their families want ...
It was once the capital of Iran’s ‘axis of resistance.’ Now a Syrian town grapples with its future
The Syrian shrine of Sayeda Zainab drew Iran-backed militiamen from throughout the region. With Assad's fall, they've fled, ...
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First international commercial flight since Assad's ouster lands in Syria
The Qatar Airways flight landed at Damascus International Airport. Many passengers were Syrian nationals coming come for the ...
Public Radio International8d
‘Thank God, the nightmare is over’: A Syrian returns home to Damascus to witness celebration and struggle
Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, left Syria with his family in 2006. He recently returned ...