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Middle East upended by fall of Assad regime; what comes next is unclear
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An already crisis-hit region is undergoing a dramatic and dangerous new twist after the fall of Syria's government under Bashar Assad, an ally of Iran and Russia. The aims of Islamist forces now in control of Damascus remain unclear as fighting continues.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad fled the country on Sunday, bringing to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto control as his…
Editorial The Middle East enters a new chapter as a dictatorship collapses, leaving a nation facing daunting challenges of reconciliation and reconstruction
Across the Middle East and beyond, the fall of Syria’s authoritarian government at the hands of jihadi militants set off waves of jubilation, trepidation and alarm. Expatriate Syrians and many residents across the Middle East exulted at the overthrow of a leader who led his country through 14 years …
BEIRUT (AP) — The fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government Sunday brought to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto power as his country fragmented amid a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers.
Syrian President Bashar Assad has fled the country. Assad’s departure on Sunday brings to a dramatic close his nearly 14-year struggle to hold onto power in a brutal civil war that became a proxy battlefield for regional and international powers.
One of the world’s most ruthless, brutal and enduring reigns looks over, with Syria’s Bashar Assad overthrown. Since taking over from his father more than 20 years ago, Assad has led a regime of oppression and bloodshed.
The challenges ahead are truly daunting for a country torn apart by 13 years of civil war and split between rival factions, says the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
Syrian rebels ousted President Bashar Assad and seized control of Damascus, forcing him to flee and ending his family's decades of rule after more than 13 years of civil war in a seismic moment for Middle East
The Syrian rebels have taken Damascus and say they toppled President Bashar al-Assad’s regime after his family had ruled Syria for more than half a century.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad oversaw a merciless crackdown on a pro-democracy revolt that morphed into one of the bloodiest wars of the century.On Sunday, as rebels entered the capital, a Syrian war monitor said he had left the country, in what could spell the end not just of his 24-year rule bu…
An already crisis-hit region is undergoing a dramatic and dangerous new twist after the fall of Syria's government under Bashar Assad, an ally of Iran and Russia. The aims of Islamist forces now in control of Damascus remain unclear as fighting continues.
The sudden collapse of Bashar Assad's regime in Syria has reverberated deeply within Iran's political establishment, compounding Tehran's challenges at home and abroad.
On "Forbes Newsroom," Jonathan Conricus, senior fellow at the FDD explained why he thinks the end of Assad’s regime will lead to the fall of the Iranian regime.
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