Assad’s fall in Syria opens a window to find and free Austin Tice
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has led to the freeing of tens of thousands of prisoners from the country’s brutal and ...
Making a desert and calling it peace in the Middle East
IN the famous lines of Tacitus, Roman historian, “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and ...
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Shattered Syria: Chaos After Assad
Is Syria the New Libya in the Mediterranean? Author: Nilantha Ilangamuwa Our Regular columnist, Nilantha Ilangamuwa'sAfter Assad: Is Syria the New Libya in the Mediterranean? is a compelling ...
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How the Assads used a civil war to turn Syria into a narco state
As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted ...
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How Erdoğan's Turkey became the key player in Syria?
which is that under the al-Assad regime, everybody who had fled Syria to take refuge in Turkey or in Europe or in the Gulf ...
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Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad's rule
Under Assad's long and oppressive rule even the slightest criticism could land a citizen in prison. Since the uprising against his regime began in 2011, some 157,000 people disappeared into Syria ...
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Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad's rule
People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over 100,00 ...
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Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad's rule
Under Assad's long and ... got asylum outside of Syria so being reunited with his child seems impossible. People search through handwritten notes and log books that are strewn around Sednaya ...
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Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad's rule
Under Assad's long and oppressive ... during the funeral procession for Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada. His name is Abdullah Fadel and he translates books. He was a political prisoner from ...