What Syria’s Secret Police Saw as the Regime Crumbled
Hastily abandoned documents show how the fallen government’s vast intelligence apparatus struggled to comprehend and stop the ...
The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
Inside Syria's ancient capital, a lone Jewish guardian watches over abandoned properties while Islamist rulers patrol the ...
Post-Assad, Damascus is coming back to life. But Syria’s artists fear a new clampdown under Islamist rule
With its chic galleries, dimly lit bars and smoky cafés, Damascus’ vibrant cultural scene is flourishing again. But will this ...
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In Damascus, Syrians Reclaim Freedoms Off Limits Under al-Assad
They say the city seems theirs again. Mount Qasioun, which overlooks the Syrian capital, Damascus, is being revived as a leisure spot. Residents of Syria’s capital are picnicking on a once ...
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A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war
In the following decades, Syria used its section of the railway to transport people between Damascus and its second city of ...
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Southern rebels loom large as Syria’s new rulers try to form a national army
As insurgents raced across Syria in a surprise offensive launched in the country’s northwest late last year, officials from ...
Turkish Airlines Resumes Flights To Damascus After Syrian Regime Change
As a result of a regime change in Syria, Turkish Airlines has resumed service to Damascus, the capital of Syria. The ...
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Virginia Politics Insider: Vance on the road to Damascus
Vice President JD Vance will return to Washington County on Monday to review progress in the town of Damascus after the devastating September flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Helene.
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Syria feels close to a zone of anarchy
Travelling from Syria’s Highway 42, which runs from Tabqa to the city of Homs, you can see the corpse of Bashar al-Assad’s ...
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Throngs of Syrians celebrate New Year in a Damascus freed from Assad
Revolutionary songs rang out in downtown Damascus overnight Tuesday as Syrians ... gunshots resounded from Mount Qasioun overlooking the city. Gunshots rang out from Mount Qasioun overlooking ...
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New York and Cali Could Crumble Like Kabul and Damascus
The 2021 fall of Kabul and the 2024 fall of Damascus should give a lesson to ... the loss of reliable voters in places like New York City and San Francisco should deeply concern the poobahs ...
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The last Jews of Damascus: A journey through memory and ruins
In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to ...