Syria's Alawites, tainted by Assad, endure a fall from grace
Once Syria's most influential minority, Alawites struggle to move on from their association with a hated dictator.
France issues new war crimes arrest warrant for Syria's al-Assad
A court in Paris has accused the overthrown Syrian ruler of complicity in war crimes in relation to a deadly attack on ...
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First Turkish Airlines plane lands in Syria in more than a decade
The first Turkish Airlines flight in 13 years landed in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, an AFP correspondent ...
Syria's new leaders turn to Islamic law in effort to rebuild Assad's police
Police they brought into Damascus from their former rebel enclave in the northwestern region of Idlib are asking applicants about their beliefs and focusing on Islamic sharia law in the brief training ...