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20 DAYS IN DAMASCUS. PART 2 THE CHANGES
My first trip back to Damascus since 2011 – hope and anxiety about the future in equal measure.
Feb 8
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TWENTY DAYS IN DAMASCUS
The Al Sharaa government promises trials this year for former Assad officials. Can they convince domestic and international audiences that justice is…
Feb 4
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A BIG WIN FOR SYRIA’S INTERIM PRESIDENT AFTER SYRIAN TROOPS SEIZE THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST OIL FIELDS. ARE KURDS THE LOSERS?
The Syrian government announced an immediate nationwide ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), ending two weeks of fighting, as…
Jan 19
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RELATIVE CALM IN ALEPPO AFTER MOST KURDISH FIGHTERS LEAVE THE CITY – SAYS SYRIA STATE MEDIA. DAYS OF FIGHTING DISPLACED THOUSANDS.
Fighting has raged since Tuesday – the issue – how to integrate militia groups into the new military.
Jan 11
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SYRIA’S NORTHERN CITY OF ALEPPO IS THE LATEST FLASH POINT. GOVERNMENT FORCES AND KURDISH FIGHTERS CLASH FOR A SECOND DAY. THE REASONS ARE…
For the first time, Syrian television is live streaming events in Aleppo as more than ten thousand civilians are evacuated.
Jan 7
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If you break it, you own it
With no clear rationale or plan for what comes next, President Donald Trump removes Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and declares America will now…
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Jan 4
The deeply reported WaPost article on Israel and the Druze in Syria
"Israel seeks to thwart" Syria's new government.
Dec 23, 2025
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A LANDMARK TRIAL OPENS, THE FIRST TO EXAMINE STARVATION AS A METHOD OF WARFARE – NOT IN GAZA – BUT INTHE YARMOUK NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR DAMASCUS.
The court room is in Koblenz, Germany, the first trial ever to test the Geneva Convention statute added in 1977
Nov 20, 2025
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