Bashar al-Assad

Syria rebels quit eastern city, Russia critical
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Syria rebels quit eastern city, Russia critical

BEIRUT — Rebel fighters fled the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Tuesday in the face of a fierce…
Syria troops fight rebels in rare Damascus clashes
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Syria troops fight rebels in rare Damascus clashes

BEIRUT — Syrian security forces clashed Monday with gunmen in an upscale neighborhood of the capital Damascus that is home…
Explosion strikes near Syrian security building in Aleppo, regime troops restrict marches
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Explosion strikes near Syrian security building in Aleppo, regime troops restrict marches

BEIRUT — An explosion struck near a Syrian government security building in the northern city of Aleppo Sunday while a…
Turkey considers Syria border buffer zone
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Turkey considers Syria border buffer zone

ANKARA — Turkey said on Friday it might set up a border "buffer zone" to protect growing numbers of Syrian…
Gulf Cooperation Council: Gulf Arab states close Syria embassies
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Gulf Cooperation Council: Gulf Arab states close Syria embassies

Four more members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have decided to close their embassies in Syria over its violent crackdown…
Pro-Assad show, ‘massacre’ mark Syria anniversary
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Pro-Assad show, ‘massacre’ mark Syria anniversary

Huge rallies showed support for Syria's president on Thursday despite a new "massacre" report and a refugee exodus to Turkey, as a…
UK paper claims to have Syrian leader’s emails
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UK paper claims to have Syrian leader’s emails

LONDON — Thousands of emails purported to be from the private accounts of Bashar al-Assad and his wife show the…
What will happen to Lebanon?
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What will happen to Lebanon?

A year has elapsed since the onset of the Syrian revolution against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. The ruthlessness by…
Assad calls for May parliamentary election in Syria
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Assad calls for May parliamentary election in Syria

DAMASCUS — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, facing a one-year revolt against his rule, set parliamentary elections under his country's new…
Report: Syria army takes northern rebel stronghold
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Report: Syria army takes northern rebel stronghold

BEIRUT — Syrian military forces have recaptured the northern rebel stronghold of Idlib along the border with Turkey, a major…
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