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How Syria’s rebels overcame years of a bloody stalemate to topple Assad

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

US Delegation to Meet With Syrian Rebels That Ousted Assad

A delegation of American diplomats arrived in Syria to meet with representatives of several Syrian factions, including a rebel group designated as terrorists — who overthrew the country’s longtime dictator,

Newsweek · 1d

US Doubled Its Amount of Troops in Syria Before Assad's Fall: Pentagon

The Pentagon said Thursday that 2,000 troops were in Syria after U.S. officials previously said there were only 900 troops there.

US drops bounty for Syria's new leader

BBC on MSN · 1d

Syria's rebel leaders say they've broken with their jihadist past - can they be trusted?

HTS has long had a strained relationship with the other major rebel bloc in Syria, the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army (SNA). The SNA's focus during the recent offensive has largely aligned with Ankara's priorities - seizing Kurdish-held areas in northern Syria to eliminate what Turkey perceives as a Kurdish "threat" along its borders.

The Financial Times · 7h

US to remove $10mn bounty for Syria’s Islamist rebel leader

The US has said it will remove a $10mn bounty for Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist group that spearheaded the overthrow of Syria’s Assad regime, in a sign that Washington is willing to engage with the new leadership.

CNN · 1d

US removes long-standing bounty on Syrian rebel leader

The United States has removed the long-standing $10 million bounty on the de-facto leader of Syria following a high-level US delegation meeting with the former jihadist Friday.

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Syria's new rulers name foreign minister amid push for international relations

Syria's new rulers have appointed a foreign minister, the official Syrian news agency (SANA) said on Saturday, as they seek ...

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He toppled a dictator and traded fatigues for suits — Syria's new leader tries to reassure the U.S.

Will he walk the walk and not just talk the talk? And if he doesn’t win in the elections, will he peacefully stand aside for ...

13h

For Syria’s Economy, the Way Forward Starts With Sanctions Relief

Years of strife ruined the energy sector, battered the currency and strangled growth. The West must ease financial controls ...

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Syria Civil War's New Frontlines Emerge Post-Assad

"I believe there will be violent fighting, the end of which we do not know," a top Syrian Democratic Council official told ...

23h

What will Syria’s future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries’ recent pasts

Even with hopes running high, so much can go wrong when a country ousts a longtime dictator and tries to start anew.

23h

Erdogan says Turkey expects allies to pull support from Kurds in post-Assad Syria

Turkey expects foreign countries will withdraw support for Kurdish fighters in Syria following the toppling of Bashar ...

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US concedes it has double the number of troops in Syria as Biden sends officials to Damascus

The Pentagon announced the US currently has “approximately 2,000” troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed ...

22h

AP PHOTOS: Glimpses of horror emerge inside Syria’s Saydnaya prison, dubbed ‘The Slaughterhouse’

Behind the coils of razor wire and concrete walls, glimpses of the horror emerge from the warren of dank, airless corridors ...

New details of notorious Captagon drug trade exposed with collapse of Syria's Assad regime

A CBS News team gained access to a site outside Damascus which holds the precursor chemicals for Captagon, one of the most ...

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The West Auditions Syria’s New Leaders

Senior U.S. diplomats visit Damascus, as Washington and Brussels weigh lifting sanctions against the country’s transitional ...

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