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Court to decide whether former dictator Assad can be stripped of immunity
France’s highest court is ruling on Friday on whether it can strip the head of state immunity of Bashar Assad, the former ...
Syrian Sectarian Strife Jeopardizes Post-Assad Transition
Assad’s fall, deadly sectarian clashes in southwestern Syria have exposed one of the biggest challenges to the country’s postwar recovery — the new leader’s failure to forge national unity.
Syria’s Druze fear for their future after sectarian clashes
Before the eruption of sectarian violence in southern Syria, Saber Abou Ras taught medical sciences at a university in the ...
Understanding the violence against Alawites and Druze in Syria after Assad
A scholar of religious minorities and the Middle East explains the historical persecution and marginalization of the Alawite ...
France's Highest Court Rules Arrest Warrant for Ex-Syrian Leader Assad Is Invalid
PARIS (Reuters) -France's Cour de Cassation, the country's highest court, ruled on Friday that a warrant issued for former ...
Syria is secretly reshaping its economy. The president’s brother is in charge.
A shadow committee is remaking Syria's economy with secret takeovers of Assad-era companies. A Reuters investigation has ...
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The Fall of Assad: How Syria’s Regime Collapsed in Days
After nearly 14 years of civil war, Syria's Assad regime crumbled in a stunning series of rebel advances culminating in the ...
An ammunition depot explosion in Syria kills at least 7 people and injures scores
An explosion at an ammunition depot in northern Syria on Thursday killed at least seven people and wounded scores, rescuers ...