UN human rights chief calls for lifting Western sanctions on Syria as country rebuilds after Assad
The United Nations human rights chief has called for the lifting of Western sanctions imposed on Syria over its yearslong ...
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Syrian activists work to avoid return to dictatorship
In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism ...
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Syria, Lebanon pledge 'long-term strategic relations' after Assad ouster
Syria's new ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa and Lebanon's prime minister vowed on Saturday to build lasting ties after the fall of ...
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UN rights chief says transitional justice 'crucial' in Syria
United Nations rights chief Volker Turk on Wednesday said transitional justice was "crucial" for Syria after the fall of ...
Assad loyalist tied to a tree and shot in the head in public execution
Mazen Kneneh was accused of writing malicious reports that saw many young men imprisoned and tortured under the former Syrian ...
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Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad
As Syria emerges from decades of dictatorship, people in the Assad family's ancestral home of Latakia province are both overjoyed and anxious. Assad and his family are Alawite, an offshoot of Shia ...
Germany's top diplomat calls for 'smart approach' to sanctions at start of Riyadh meeting on Syria
Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called ...
Germany charges Syrian with war crimes against Yazidis
A high-ranking member of the Islamic State militant group in Syria has been charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Germany, partly for alleged involvement in the genocide against the ...
UN rights chief arrives in Syria for first ever visit
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk arrived in Syria's capital, Damascus, on Tuesday for the first ...
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The Drought That Felled Assad
The meteorological drought that swept through the Fertile Crescent (stretching from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile Valley) in the 2000s finally ...