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Syria forms committee to investigate Sweida violence

Syria has pledged to investigate clashes in the southern province of Sweida which killed hundreds of people last month -the ...

Syria to hold parliamentary ballot in September as first elections since Assad’s removal

Syria will hold parliamentary elections in September, the head of a body tasked with organizing the election process told ...

Syria to hold first parliamentary elections since the fall of al-Assad

The announcement comes amid mounting unrest, particularly after deadly clashes erupted in Suwayda province between Bedouin ...
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After Assad: Syria’s Fractured Path Forward - MSN

Syria’s most pressing challenge is resolving its deep domestic fractures. The fall of Assad has left a country with weak institutions, destroyed infrastructure, and a population divided along ...

French court to decide if Assad can be stripped of immunity and tried for Syrian chemical attacks

France's highest court is ruling on whether it can strip Bashar al-Assad, the former Syrian leader now in exile in Russia, of ...
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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 President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon ...
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How Syria’s Bashar al-Assad fell so quickly - MSN

Under Assad, Syria’s biggest regional benefactor was Iran, but since the Oct. 7 attacks, it has withstood Israeli military strikes and watched its Palestinian ally, Hamas, also weakened by Israel.
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Lebanon's UN refugee agency chief hopes at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return under new plan

The UN refugee agency's representative in Lebanon said Thursday he hopes that at least 200,000 Syrian refugees return from ...