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Syria’s captagon industry continues to flourish despite new regime crackdowns
After toppling Bashar al Assad in December, Syria’s new leaders pledged to crack down on the captagon trade, which had ...
US lifts sanctions on Syria in dramatic policy shift after end of Bashar al-Assad’s regime
The United States lifted comprehensive economic sanctions on Syria on Friday, marking a dramatic policy shift following the ...
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Photos: Syrian photographer documents loss and rebirth in the country following the fall of Assad
Alaa Hassan's project, "Vital Signs," shows a country in transition. The post Photos: Syrian photographer documents loss and ...
The fall of Assad’s informant state leaves Syria riven by betrayals
Neighbors and colleagues reported on each other everywhere. Now, Syrians are shadowed by the question of who among them had ...
The EU says it will lift sanctions on Syria but leave those on the former Assad regime
The European Union's top diplomat says the EU will lift sanctions on Syria’s economy but keep those in place targeting the ...
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For this photographer, the fall of Assad means a rediscovery of his home country
Alaa Hassan was 25 years old when the uprisings against Bashar al-Assad began in Syria. He was part of the movement that grew ...
Syria says it will form commissions for Assad-era missing persons and transitional justice
The two commissions – one to investigate the fate of tens of thousands missing under Bashar al-Assad's rule, and another to ...
Lifting Syria sanctions could be a major boon — if we don’t repeat history’s mistakes
President Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria has the potential to revitalize the Syrian economy, create a safer ...
Sectarian violence on Syria’s coast undermines new government
It would take four full days for the government to restore a semblance of order on the coast. In the meantime, the death toll ...