Former Syrian President al-Assad details departure from Damascus to Russia
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad released on Monday his first public statement since leaving Damascus on Dec. 8, ...
Assad claims he wanted to keep fighting but Russia evacuated him as regime collapsed
Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad said Monday he wanted to stay in the country after rebels captured the capital, but the ...
CNN Confirms Man Freed From Syrian Prison Was an Assad Intelligence Officer
A man who was freed from a Damascus prison on CNN was actually an intelligence officer who worked for former Syrian leader ...
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Assad says Syria in hands of ‘terrorists’
Ousted president Bashar al-Assad broke his silence Monday after fleeing Syria, saying that he only left once Damascus had ...
Russian military has begun large-scale withdrawal from Syria, US and Western officials say
Russia has begun withdrawing a large amount of military equipment and troops from Syria following the ouster of former Syrian ...
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Austin Tice's mother joins Syrian community in prayer for peace at DC embassy
Outside the shuttered Syrian Embassy on Wyoming Avenue in Northwest, people from D.C.’s Syrian community expressed hope for the future alongside Debra Tice, the mother of Austin Tice — a journalist ...
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City that fostered Syria’s uprising celebrates life without Assad
In 2011, as the Arab Spring took hold across the Middle East, the seeds of Syria's revolution were sown by students and young people in the city of Daraa. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports ...
"There's no reason for Russian troop presence in Syria" - Syria's new transitional government
Syria’s new transitional government says there is no place for Russian presence in Syria a week after the country’s long-time ...
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Syria’s rebel leaders face critical decisions as they chart new path for the country
For the first time since he fled the country he ruled with an iron fist and a willingness to kill his own people to hold power, Bashar al-Assad was heard from. In a statement from exile in Moscow, ...
Syrian Rebel Leader Calls for Lifting of Sanctions, as al-Assad Defends Exit
Ahmed al-Shara urged nations to remove sanctions from Syria and the terrorism designation from his group so Syria could ...
Syria’s New Leader Calls on Countries to Drop Terror Designation and Lift Sanctions
Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to ...