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After decades of brutal rule, Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been toppled. Here’s what you need to know
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship ... election following the death of his father Hafez al-Assad, who had led the Baath Party since seizing power in 1970. Like his father, Assad ...
Kurdish separatist leader calls on followers to disarm, potentially ending a five-decade insurgency with Turkey
Kurdish militant leader Abdallah Ocalan has asked his followers in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to lay down arms and ...
Syria holds national dialogue to chart a path after Bashar al-Assad
Nearly three months after Assad fled, much of Syria is suspended between relief at the dictatorship’s demise and anxiety over ...
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Tulsi Gabbard Wanted to Protect Bashar al-Assad. Americans Can’t Trust Her to Protect Them
In the wake of the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s brutal regime in Syria ... including those within his own party, by nominating Gabbard to serve as the next director of national intelligence ...
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Syrian Democratic Forces seal US-brokered ceasefire pact with Turkish-backed rebels in Syria
after Islamist-led rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad's government. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) also said that the said ceasefire was brokered by the United States. "We have reached a ceasefire ...