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Algerian foreign minister meets Sharaa in Syria

The New Arab 08 Feb 2025
No further details about the meeting were shared, but it comes amid a flurry of diplomatic visits to Damascus since Bashar al-Assad’s regime was ousted in a lightning rebel offensive in early December.
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Syrian behind Caesar Act to reveal identity: ex-regime official

The New Arab 02 Feb 2025
Caesar is from the Houran region in southern Syria, said Barmo, and worked as an assistant officer in the former regime’s military police, as well as head of the Judicial Evidence Department in Damascus.
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Syria’s Islamist rulers overhaul economy with firings, privatization of state firms

CyprusMail 31 Jan 2025
Until sweeping into Damascus in the offensive that ousted Assad, HTS had ruled Idlib as an opposition breakaway province since 2017, attracting investment and the private sector with less red tape and by clamping down on hard-line religious factions.
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Rebel leader who overthrew Assad is declared Syria’s president

The Spokesman-Review 30 Jan 2025
... toward establishing a new government after the rebel coalition, led by the group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, swept into the capital, Damascus, last month in a lightning offensive that toppled Assad.
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Russia voices support for Syria's territorial integrity, sovereignty

Anadolu Agency 29 Jan 2025
​​​​​​​Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s leader for nearly 25 years, fled to Russia after anti-regime groups took control of Damascus in a lightning offensive last month, ending his family's decades-long rule.
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Senior Russian official to visit Syria, sources say

Hindustan Times 28 Jan 2025
DAMASCUS - Russian Deputy Foreign ... But a lightning rebel offensive late last year pushed Assad to flee Damascus in December - first to the Russian-run Hmeimim Air Base in northern Syria then to Moscow.
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Books banned under Assad now on sale

Manila Standard 28 Jan 2025
Last month, Islamist-led rebels captured the northern city in a lightning offensive, going on to take Damascus and toppling Assad, ending more than half a century of his family’s oppressive rule.
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Banned books make a return after Assad’s exit

Taipei Times 28 Jan 2025
AFP, DAMASCUS ... Last month, Islamist-led rebels captured the northern city in a lightning offensive, going on to take Damascus and toppling al-Assad, ending more than half a century of his family’s oppressive rule.
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Books banned under Assad now on sale at Damascus shops

The Peninsula 28 Jan 2025
Damascus ... Last month, Islamist-led rebels captured the northern city in a lightning offensive, going on to take Damascus and toppling Assad, ending more than half a century of his family's oppressive rule.
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US gave secret intel to Syria’s new rulers

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 26 Jan 2025
... toward Damascus ... In late November, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham began a lightning offensive, sweeping out of its enclave in northwestern Syria and seizing Aleppo and other key cities before capturing Damascus.
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US sharing intelligence with Syria govt to stop IS resurgence

The New Arab 25 Jan 2025
Following the capture of Damascus in a lighting offensive against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, the outgoing Biden administration decided it would be up to the incoming Trump administration to decide whether to remove the listing.
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U.S. shared secret intelligence with Syria’s new leaders

The Spokesman-Review 24 Jan 2025
... as HTS rebels drove toward Damascus ... In late November, HTS began a lightning offensive, sweeping out of its enclave in northwest Syria and seizing Aleppo and other key cities before capturing Damascus.
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Equal opportunity for women and girls in post-Assad Syria

Hindustan Times 24 Jan 2025
Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.(AFP).
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Speaking at Davos, Syrian FM has high hopes for economic recovery

Naharnet 23 Jan 2025
Western nations, although they have moved to restore ties with Damascus since former President Bashar Assad was overthrown by a lightning insurgent offensive last month, are still somewhat circumspect ...
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Syrian defence minister Abu Qasra open to talks with Kurds

The New Arab 22 Jan 2025
In an offensive that coincided with the HTS-led advance on Damascus, Turkish-backed armed groups in northern Syria seized several areas from the SDF late last year ... up its offensive against the SDF.

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