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Syrians can finally tell their stories about Assad's chemical attacks
Survivors of the Syrian regime's chemical attacks are free now speak about how they lost their families. We meet people who endured attacks that Syria's former president used to stay in power.
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Stephen Rapp discusses holding the former Syrian regime accountable for atrocities
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Stephen Rapp, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues, on his trip to Syria to help preserve evidence from mass graves.
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One week into post-Assad rule in Syria - a view from Damascus
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, ...
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What comes next for Syria after the Assad regime
NPR's Leila Fadel, Jane Arraf, and Ruth Sherlock share their reporting from Syria more than a week after the fall of the Assad regime.
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Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad was cruel to those he leaned on the most for support
When Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, members of his own minority sect say he left them impoverished and stained with his legacy.
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Syrian families scour hospitals and morgues for loved ones lost under Assad’s rule
People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over 100,00 ...
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Syria's ousted dictator relied on a brutal army, and powerful allies. What changed?
Stories from men conscripted into the Syrian military help explain why it collapsed. Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and ...
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One week into post-Assad rule in Syria - a view from Damascus
and Syrian people were dancing in the streets. DETROW: Morning Edition host Leila Fadel is in Damascus, and she joins us on the line now. Hey, Leila. LEILA FADEL, BYLINE: Hi. DETROW: What's ...
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Aleppo: Rebels 'take control' of airport as thousands of fighters seize most of Syria's second-biggest city
Syrian rebels reportedly control most of Aleppo following their surprise offensive which left regime forces reeling. Thousands of opposition fighters in armoured vehicles have been deployed to ...
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Conflict in Syria
What began as protests against President Assad’s regime in 2011 quickly escalated into a full-scale war between the Syrian government—backed by Russia and Iran—and anti-government rebel ...
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Syria’s Civil War Gives Way to the Post-Assad Era
A man draped in the Syrian revolutionary flag watches as others celebrate the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 10, 2024 (AP photo by Omar Sanadiki). Click to share on ...
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Mainers with ties to Syria celebrate fall of Assad regime
Syrian rebels had taken Damascus. Bashar al-Assad, the leader of the Syrian dictatorship, had fled to seek asylum in Russia. The Assad regime had fallen. Oudeh was delighted. His new American ...