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Syria: Toppled statue of Hafez al-Assad, symbol of his son Bashar's overthrow
The huge toppled statue of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus countryside town of Deir Atiyam in Qalamoun remains a symbol of the overthrow of his son Bashar al-Assad's regime last ...
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Supporters of ousted dictator Bashar Al-Assad flee Syria
A new type of Syrian refugee is fleeing across the border into Lebanon: those who once supported dictator Bashar Al-Assad.
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Leaders should learn from fall of Bashar al-Assad
People celebrate, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, at Majdal Anjar in Bekaa, ...
Syrians celebrate a month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus
A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the ...
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'We ate and drank from the same bucket used as toilet': Sedanaya prison survivor to THE WEEK
Abu Zaed, a Kurdish Muslim from Qamishli, has almost forgotten his name. For him, he is number 125. It is just 40 days since ...
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Exclusive-Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat flew from Beirut to Dubai, Lebanese officials say
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of the ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad charged in Switzerland with war crimes over the bloody suppression of a revolt in 1982, has flown from ...
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Exclusive: Bashar al-Assad's uncle Rifaat flew from Beirut to Dubai, Lebanese officials say
The 1982 Hama assault is often described as the model for Bashar al-Assad's later crackdown on the rebellion that began in 2011 and toppled him this month. When rebels seized Hama on Dec. 6 ...
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Bashar al-Assad’s wife Asma given only 50% chance of cancer survival: ‘Asma is dying’
The British wife of ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is deathly ill with leukemia — with doctors only giving her a 50% chance of survival, according to a report. “Asma is dying,” one ...
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In Hama, survivors of the Assad family’s first massacre can finally speak
It was in Hama that Hafez al-Assad, the father of now-deposed president Bashar al-Assad ... Amina Baradeh, 88, was bed-bound, wrapped in thick blankets to block the winter cold.
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The Assad regime's fall has freed displaced Syrians stuck in a remote desert camp
The Syrians — some of them soldiers and relatives of the U.S. -backed Syrian Free Army forces against now-deposed President Bashar al-Assad ... small sheets of clear plastic cover the ...
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Kremlin scrambles to address claims that Bashar al-Assad’s glamorous wife is divorcing him so she can move back to London
Russia scrambled to shoot down claims that exiled dictator Bashar al-Assad’s London-born wife Asma filed for divorce and wants to leave with her children to the UK. Turkish media dropped a ...
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Ousted Dictator Bashar al-Assad’s Wife Asma 'Files for Divorce', Begs to Leave Russia After Syrian Coup
The wife of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has reportedly filed for divorce and is now begging to leave Russia after the two fled from Syria. Asma al-Assad, who along with Bashar has been ...