List of Syria articles
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A merchant counts Syrian pound notes, bearing a portrait of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, at the Bzourieh market in the centre of the Syrian capital Damascus on September 11, 2019. The Pointlessness of America’s Syria Sanctions
The United States has given up on trying to topple Bashar al-Assad—but continues to punish the Syrian people.
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Syrian refugees stand at the entrance to their family’s tent. The Human Cost of Normalizing Assad
Arab states are welcoming the Syrian president back into the fold. That’s bad news for millions of Syrian refugees.
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Bashar al-Assad’s Unlikely Comeback
Regional governments that once shunned Damascus are mending fences with a murderous regime—showing human rights abusers everywhere how to commit atrocities with impunity.
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A member of the Alawite community pastes pictures of Rifaat al-Assad on a wall in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Dec. 6, 2007. Assad’s Family Reunion Could Be a Final Victory
By reconciling with an estranged uncle, Syria’s dictator may have definitively reestablished his power.
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Supporters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad wave a Syrian flag. The Spy Who Could Have Saved Syria
An espionage thriller presents an alternative to former U.S. President Barack Obama’s failed policy toward the Assad regime.
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A smiling Bashar al-Assad faces a crowd of journalists with microphones. Biden’s Inaction on Syria Risks Normalizing Assad—and His Crimes
The world is gradually accepting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad back into the fold.
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Taliban fighters pass a billboard in Kabul. The Myth of Moderate Jihadis
The unspoken pact between Washington and anti-Islamic State jihadi groups is a short-sighted move that will reward extremists.
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Zeynab Serekaniye’s grave Turkey Capitalizes on Afghanistan Distraction to Attack Kurdish Forces in Syria
Turkish airstrikes in Syria have escalated over the last month as the world concentrates on a different crisis.
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Syrians wave national flags and carry a portrait of Bashar al-Assad in Syria. The Middle East Is Preparing for the United States’ Exit From Syria
Among Arab countries, the race is on to repair ties with the Assad regime.
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A man rides a motorcycle past destroyed buildings in an opposition-held neighborhood of the southern Syrian city of Daraa on Oct. 2, 2018. Damascus’s False Reconciliation Failed in Daraa
Continuing revolt shows the hollowness of Assadist peace claims.
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copenhagen protest How the Danish Left Adopted a Far-Right Immigration Policy
In an effort to outflank the populist right, the ruling Social Democrats have adopted one of the harshest refugee policies in the world.
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Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks to the press at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 1. Russia Thwarts U.S. Bid to Expand Syrian Aid Corridors
But the rival powers strike a compromise that prevents catastrophic shut-off of lifesaving aid to Syrians.
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Refugees and displaced Syrian women living in al-Hol camp, which houses relatives of Islamic State group members, queue to receive goods in northeastern Syria on March 28, 2019. Inside the Digital Lives of the Women of the Islamic State
On Telegram, pet care, gardening, and corruption scandals have replaced religious fervor.
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A man, woman, and child in the doorway of a Syrian hospital Why Was Syria Just Elected to the WHO’s Executive Board?
A regime that bombs hospitals and blocks convoys of baby formula does not deserve a leading role in global health.
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A Russian armored personnel carrier in the Central African Republic What Is Russia’s Wagner Group?
The organization’s murky nature and connections to the Kremlin present an enormous challenge.
